The Bone Bed had me captured for 18 consecutive hours of almost
unbroken reading. Still based at the Cambridge Forensic Center, all of
the usual characters are present. Her FBI Profiler husband, Benton
Wesley, her niece Lucy and the ever present Marino. Lucy is still
ensconced in electronic data, but she is keeping secrets from her aunt.
Like wear did that heavy gold ring she is wearing come from. Marino
seems to be drinking again and collecting miniature Skull Head vodka
bottles and making ornaments from them. Benton, well Benton has a new
partner, and he is a bit muddy with Kay about the relationship there.
With the arrival of a very disturbing email and the death of a
palaeontologist in Alberta, Canada, closely followed by a body found in
the Charles River, attached by nets and a number of things to a
leatherback turtle, and another seemingly unrelated murder, the book
picks up pace quickly. I wouldn't suggest starting it at bedtime and
planning on reading a chapter or two because you will have problems
putting the book down. Probably what I did enjoy most about The Bone Bed
as well as it's predecessor, Red Mist, is the return of Patricia
Cornwell's writing style. Back again is the Scarpetta who is strong and
sensitive and the intelligent woman that we had all known. After the
writing of her Jack the Ripper book, Ms Cornwell couldn't seem to pull
together a cohesive writing style. The story lines and Kay Scarpetta
suffered for it. We saw Scarpetta second guessing herself and seeming to
need others to make a simple decision. Thankfully that is sorted and we
once again have gotten Patricia Cornwell and Kay Scarpetta back at
their best.
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