A review by msjaquiss
Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell

Did not finish book.

I used to love the Scarpetta books but I just can’t finish this one. The premise of the super secret telephone line being hijacked to send her incriminating videos that she then won’t tell anyone about is crazy and doesn’t make sense. Then the announcement that Lucy shouldn’t call her Aunt Kay any longer — was the day that the FBI is raiding Lucy’s home the time for that announcement? Why is it even necessary? And what is with the way Kay and Lucy are dancing around one another and all but pointing fingers at each other from the time that Kay arrives until the attorney talks with them in the boathouse? I think that the books worked as long as Kay was solving a murder through evidence gathering and autopsy but making her the prey of a psychopathic stalker is just too much and clearly a sign that the series has jumped the shark.