A review by fishwitch
Dust by Patricia Cornwell

4.0

I've posted before that each time I've read one of the last several books in this series that I should just quit. Too many of the books became more about the dysfunction of Scarpetta's friends and family and less about solving a murder. However. With each new book I am sucked back in with this insane need to know what happens to the people next.

This entry however did not disappoint me and leave me angry at the end. Yes it had all of the characters and their secrets and character flaws out loud and proud, but the
Volume on them was turned down enough so that it no longer over powered the story.

I can't say that this was any sort of a return to the hard core well written tales of her first entries into the series. But it was a little like going back to some comfort reading with characters we know