(1.5 stars) 
 This series of books used to be one of my favourites but it recent years the stories have not felt strong and simply full of coincidence or people trying to hurt Scarpetta/family - more so than in earlier cases. This one is the weakest to date, and admittedly it took me a few hours to get 20 pages in because of the hilariously embarrassing opening scene between Kay and Benton. 
 In total there was four bodies and there was not the kind of autopsy scenes that were interesting, instead favouring her juniors missing evidence and cutting out the reconstruction of a shooting. The part that annoyed me most though was the "Two days later" jump that occurred at the pivotal moment of the investigation because they were experiencing bad weather in Florida. 
 It no longer feels like Patricia Cornwell writing yet the conclusion to these killings was just so that Scarpetta can continue for a few more books as they avoid being attacked by a character who really should have stayed away. I even expected more diving because following the author on social media made it seem as though this would be a main part. The scene which actually came from it was lacklustre and it was revealed Scarpetta had a head camera to record it which she had not watched - the Kay of old would have made sure she watched that regardless of what her family argued.