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Scarpetta is not so much 'back' in the latest novel from Patricia Cornwell, as is seen to 'have moved on'. On the basis of Book of the Dead, I'm prepared to say it's time that Cornwell lets her do so.
Following her last outing in 2005's [[''Predator]]'',Scarpetta has moved South and out of official investigative work. Now ensconced in Charleston, South Carolina - a historic beach town with a strange sense of community - where she has set up as a private forensic pathologist. She's brought along her long-term support-team: lab-technician-cum-investigator, ex-cop Pete Marino, secretary Rose, and the lead-in to all sorts of unscrupulous computer wizardry via niece Lucy. Long-term lover Benton is still working the official line up in Florida.
Rome: in a sunken bathtub in a wonderful villa a slow torture scene leads us into this particular story. A terrified victim. A killer enjoying every second of it.
