My Review (5 stars out of 5)
It’s Christmas in New York, and Dr Kay Scarpetta and her cop pal Captain Marino are dishing out blankets to those in need when they’re thrown into a murder investigation. The body of a woman is found by a fountain in Central Park, bearing all the hallmarks of a familiar killer – Temple Gault. Together with Benton Wesley and her niece, Lucy, Scarpetta and Marino get to work, but the hunt takes a sinister turn when strange messages start turning up…
This is book six in the Scarpetta series and it’s an absolute cracker. The mystery twists and turns all the way through, as the team are thrown a series of curveballs that leave them grasping at straws. Unable to identify the first body, Scarpetta is also faced with problems when Lucy’s ex-girlfriend comes under suspicion, as well as ongoing issues in her own relationship with Benton. As always, the level of detail brings the tale alive, and the denouement in the New York subway system rushes headlong to a thrilling conclusion.
An exciting, twisty-turny tale that gripped me right to the end.
Colin Garrow 