Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia CornwellMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
At last….after being so disappointed in the last couple of books in Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta Series, along comes the latest and 23rd novel in one of the series that I really like…..and I just found out that this year marks the 25th year of Kay Scarpetta’s world!! Incredible.
Depraved Heart features once again Dr Kay Scarpetta, the fascinating and dedicated forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner……. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, fussy and exacting, doesn’t mind gore.
“A select few of us,” she says, “come into this world not bothered by gruesomeness. In fact we’re drawn to it, fascinated, intrigued, and it’s a good thing.”
The story takes off two months after the previous book, Flesh and Blood.
Kay, still suffering from the injuries from her previous case, is suddenly thrown into a cat and mouse chase, after receiving some very disturbing and frightening videos on her mobile about her niece, Lucy.
Worried that these videos may implicate Lucy, she doesn’t know who she can trust with the information.
Running against time to finding the killer of the woman murdered that is somehow connected to Lucy, Kay and Marino will have to use all their wits if they are to save Lucy from being arrested by the FBI for something that she’s being framed for.
Gritty, tense, suspenseful, diabolical characters, unexpected twists and turns, red herrings…….it’s a fast paced ride over a period of 24hrs that leaves you breathless until the end. Aah, the end!!!! What a TWIST!!!! It’s a page-turner all the way!!!
I loved Kay’s take on technology…which by the way, there’s a lot of!!! Beware of Big Brother…..
“Technology made everything better for a while and now it seems life is circling back around to the dark ages… I miss paper and pen. I miss face-to-face conversations.”
I was so happy being back in Kay Scarpetta’s world!!
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