I have not really enjoyed the Scarpetta novels, so I was most definitely pleasantly surprised with this one. I enjoyed it more than I have enjoyed some of Cornwell's other novels but, there were still some things that I did not enjoy.

My biggest pet peeve of this novel came at the very beginning of this novel. She is at a crime scene and yet she watches the video. She is supposed to be processing the scene, she is supposed to be paying attention to critical information and she is on her phone watching this video. It made me so mad that is was focused on something else. Yes, I understand that it was an important video and that it is a game changer but it still made me so very angry.

And then there was the secrecy. OMG the secrecy. I hated that. I hate the don't worry about it, or that is all I can say right now. Seriously? Just tell her what is going on.

The big twist was interesting as well. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. I'm not sure if I love it or I hate it, but I most definitely didn't see it coming, that is for sure. I am kind of confused between the videos and the big reveal, but I'm sure that I will figure it out eventually.

Ok, now a couple of things that I liked about the novel. There is a lot going on. There are moments of the book that are very descriptive, and reflective. However, there are also moments were Kay and Marino are trying to do 5 thousand differently things at once.

The novel is also very suggestive. There are many moments in this novel that lead you to believe something, or make it appear like something is happening and then go in a different directions. Now, I think this is interesting, because it relates to something specific in the novel [I'm not going to tell you what it is because it might spoil somethings].

All in all, this novel was one of the better Scarpetta novels. I enjoyed it and only had a couple problems with it!