Book Review: The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta 17)

This is number 17 in the Patricia Cornwell series about Kay Scarpetta. In this novel it is just before Christmas and Scarpetta is continuing to work for CNN as a forensic analyst as well as taking on some pro bono work for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Scarpetta's increased public profile subjects her to every kind of psycho out there. She is in a broadcast but when she returns home there is a package that could be a bomb waiting for her. Soon Scarpetta is plunged into a terrifying world that has links with her niece Lucy.

We learn more about Scarpetta's life with Benton and Lucy's relationship with Jaime. I try hard to like the characters but the plots and the pace of the novels is still off key for me. The earlier novels are so much better than this one.

6/10 for me.