** spoiler alert ** 
 Thank goodness someone was there to save Kay Scarpetta's life again! She has so many guardian angels that by now just about everyone of her close family/friends has saved her life at least once. 
 The plot of this book was very slow moving and while I will always say that Cornwell paints a perfect picture of everything happening in the book, the dialogue is getting old. Kay is constantly arguing with either Marino, Benton, or Lucy about personal issues that don't really further the plot. The first 300 pages introduced the issues/murders, but then after that was mainly irritating dialogue. Thankfully the last 50-100 pages was able to wrap everything up very nicely and tidily. Once again the killer was someone she knew(or thought she knew) but is seemed more of an afterthought. 
 I'm starting to think that I shouldn't continue to read the Scarpetta series books anymore. I feel obligated to because I've made the journey with her throughout her entire career, but now it's becoming too much about the character's personal issues and less about solving a murder(s). This book was definitely better than a few of her recent ones that came out, but I'm starting to think Cornwell should stop before she gets too far ahead of herself.