This thriller reminds me of the Kay Scarpetta I "met" back in 1990 when I
was introduced to this character in "Postmortem." After reading that, I
fell in love with this genre and continue with my love affair to this
day.
It's difficult to review, with any fresh insights, the 25th
book in a series. I've read most of them but fell out of love when the
whole concept seemed to veer off the rails. There are characters that I
like and others I am just done hearing about (*Lucy), so it was quite
nice to see everyone behaving quite normally for a change. I enjoyed the
fact that the author includes Covid pandemic references as well as the
political and social unrest in the narrative.
Of course there's a
murder. A woman has been killed and posed at the side of railroad
tracks. It seems she has some connection to a top secret space
experiment and Kay is brought into the loop as part of her appointment
to the classified Doomsday Commission.
As per the typical crime
thriller, the author includes the forensic details that I love as well
as a mystery to solve. The only strange part about this book, however,
was that it comes to a rather abrupt ending with all the big reveals
coming in a short epilogue.
Regardless, though I like Kay and
have mostly enjoyed this series, I am wondering if perhaps after all
this time if she might be ready to retire. I enjoy the author's writing
style and would love to read a new series with a fresh cast taking over
Scarpetta's rein.
Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for this e-book ARC to read, review, and recommend.
This is the 25th book in a long running series that would not work as a standalone.
Genre - crime thriller, forensics
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