Mike Fortino
I stopped reading Patricia Cornwell after Port Mortuary because the book was too introspective and lost much of the suspense and intensity of the forensic investigations of her eariler novels. She seems to have returned, to an extent, to her successful strategy of scientific investigation and personal concern for the souls of the lost. Red Mist is still, in my opinion, too focused on the personal conflicts of Kay Scarpetta, Lucy, Marino, et.al., without enough focus on the victim or solving the crime. I'd really appreciate her going back to the original formula for the Scarpetta novels. Still not sure whether or not I'll read Dust.
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A Google user
This the most boring Cornwell book I've ever read. I'm very disappointed. It took three chapters just for Scarpetta to get into a prison for a visit. I'm on chapter five now and absolutely nothing exciting is happening. What ever happened to the excitement that I'm used to in the Scarpetta books? I'm dropping this book as it's putting me to sleep.
Natalie Price
Too much back story and details in the beginning of the book, but halfway through gets a little more interesting. Certainly not one of her better books.
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