A review by lemanley
Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell
4.0
It had been a while since I have read a Patricia Cornwell novel. The previous Cornwell books I've read had Dr Kay Scarpetta as the central figure. Usually, Kay was in her lab solving crime and doing autopsies.
This novel is again a crime novel involving Kay, her niece Lucy, Lucy's partner Janet, Kay's husband Benton (an FBI operative) and her investigative partner Pete Marino all play huge roles in the plot..
The plot centres on Carrie Grethen, a former FBI agent who was at Quantico many years earlier during the time Lucy was there. Carrie and Lucy had an brief and intense relationship until Lucy discovered how evil and manipulative Carrie was. Carrie used her knowledge of FBI procedures to haunt Lucy and Kay for many years until 17 years ago she was thought to have died in a helicopter accident.
It quickly becomes apparent that Carrie did not die. For years she was honing her skills in fraud, murder and deception. Carrie is most certainly a psychopath with an agenda for revenge.
The death of a wealthy socialites daughter and an FBI raid on Lucy and Janet's seem to be two completely separate events. Are they connected in some way. It seems quite possible when Kay and Marino seem to be followed from the crime scene of the socialite to Lucy's home.
Kay starts to question who she can trust as the story unravels. This is a of those crime novels where you know who the "bad guy" is. As the horrendous events unfold, the reader will be wondering why and how this could be happening.
I enjoyed reading this novel, as I have almost all the prior Kay Scarpetta books in the past.
This novel is again a crime novel involving Kay, her niece Lucy, Lucy's partner Janet, Kay's husband Benton (an FBI operative) and her investigative partner Pete Marino all play huge roles in the plot..
The plot centres on Carrie Grethen, a former FBI agent who was at Quantico many years earlier during the time Lucy was there. Carrie and Lucy had an brief and intense relationship until Lucy discovered how evil and manipulative Carrie was. Carrie used her knowledge of FBI procedures to haunt Lucy and Kay for many years until 17 years ago she was thought to have died in a helicopter accident.
It quickly becomes apparent that Carrie did not die. For years she was honing her skills in fraud, murder and deception. Carrie is most certainly a psychopath with an agenda for revenge.
The death of a wealthy socialites daughter and an FBI raid on Lucy and Janet's seem to be two completely separate events. Are they connected in some way. It seems quite possible when Kay and Marino seem to be followed from the crime scene of the socialite to Lucy's home.
Kay starts to question who she can trust as the story unravels. This is a of those crime novels where you know who the "bad guy" is. As the horrendous events unfold, the reader will be wondering why and how this could be happening.
I enjoyed reading this novel, as I have almost all the prior Kay Scarpetta books in the past.