Blow Fly

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Summary: A Man on Death Row in Texas Summons Dr. K. Scarpetta -
Review: This novel has enough intrigue and mystery to hold the interest of any avid reader who enjoys a good chase for clues, a lot of investigative work that takes a person to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Boston, Mass, and Szczecin, Poland, with hints of romance that *could* rekindle from the past, and getting to know the inner workings of a weird twisted mind, the mind of a mass murderer. I have never read a Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel before, therefore I came with an open mind. I really liked this book. It had me reading from cover to cover at one sitting. I was unable to put it down. I expected a lot more gore and description of crime scenes. I was grateful this was done minimally, just enough to let you know it was a 'murder mystery' book. The plot thickens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta's neice, Lucy Farinelli and her partner, Zach, visit a crooked lawyer in Poland who is related to the murder case in Louisiana. They change the dynamics of the investigation through a well planned event they engineered ... except they failed to consider certain tell-tale clues, which could come back to haunt them. I love the way the author writes in a nonlinear fashion, mixing places and events from chapter to chapter, so that you *want* to keep reading ... to discover who the characters are and how they interact to reveal the mysteries woven into the story. This novel is really a work of art ... I recommend it whole heartedly. Erika Borsos (erikab93)

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Summary: Pathetic...what's wrong with you, Patricia Cornwell...?!
Review: This was perhaps the worst of the Kay Scarpetta books, and I consider myself a loyal fan of Patricia Cornwell's. The characters are disjointed and the plot lurches from one improbable scenario to the next. The introduction of the character Nic(olette) Robillard is purposeless, as her development is so stunted I felt no sympathy whatsoever even though this woman is seeking justice for her mother's murder while simultaneously trying to raise a small son on her own since her husband abandoned them. While it was indeed fun to revisit the horrific brothers Chandonne and the palpably nasty Bev Kiffin, the last 10 pages of this novel are clearly a hastily, poorly thought-out, thrown-together attempt at bringing closure to the entire mess. It's so hurriedly concluded I literally felt betrayed by the time I got to the last page. I'm not bothering to read any further Scarpetta tales after this debacle.

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Summary: Who wrote this?
Review: Who wrote "Blow Fly?" Not Cornwell. She must have people writting for her and not paying any attention. I hate to think that she would have made such tremendous errors. Wish I had time to reread it and make notes, but the glaring ones are 1)they have a blind man driving 2)Why does Marino drive to New Orleans in his shape instead of flying? 3) They hear about the missing woman on the radio but none of them hear about the prison escape!