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imyourmausoleum 's review for:
Chaos
by Patricia Cornwell
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
In this most recent installment in the saga of Kay Scarpetta, we are embroiled in all kinds of shenanagins. To start, a body is discovered that has an amazing amount of trauma inflicted upon it. Before they get very far in dealing with that crime scene, Kay and Benton start getting mysterious telephone calls from someone who claims to be with Interpol. None of that makes any sense at all. Ultimately, they decide all this nonsense has to do with a (shocker) cyber bully with the stupid name of Tailend Charlie. Even more of a shocker is that technological genius Lucy the Obnoxious cannot seem to trace or discover who is responsible for that. SPOILER AHEAD............I am sick unto death of the whole Carrie and Temple arc. These characters should have been done away with ages ago, right along with Lucy. I had a feeling the whole plot had something to do with those two miscreants, which, of course, it did. I am just over all three of them and the constant internal monologue from Kay about her relationships and this and that and everything else. Every single one of her worst and most annoying qualities are on full display in this book. To date, this surpasses the other few books that I really disliked and is sitting firmly at number one. I just saw an article that said Patricia Cornwell was researching for another Scarpetta book, and I will read it because I have made it this far in this series, but I am looking forward to it a lot less than I probably would have at some point.