It turns out that bigger things are going on. The plot extends back and spans several of the last books, it seems. Yet nothing much happens, for we mostly see just two long interview sessions. Still a gripping plot and a long build-up to the next book.

I don't know really why I love Scarpetta so much: I feel she is tough, and she acts tough, yet she always wants other to feel how hard it is for her and ... sometimes it feels constructed. Yet I continue to read on.