Book three in the Scarpetta series seems to be based on The Colonial Parkway Killer. The Colonial Parkway Killer was active in the late 1980s, and several couples were murdered. In this book, couples are vanishing and are found months later as decomposing bodies. As with the last two books, the technical aspect of crime solving and forensics is quite detailed and in line with what was available at the time the books are based in. Marino and Scarpetta are getting along in a more copesetic manner in this book, though he is still rather boorish. Benton and his lack or inability to say certain things that would help with this case are frustrating, and all of the main characters are going through some personal relationship issues. I am pleased with this series.