The Last Precinct: Scarpetta (Book 11)

8 internautes sur 8 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile.This is one Patricia Cornwell¿s very best!Par Hazac Elodie - GuyancourtAfter reading Southern Cross recently, I was hesitant to waste any time or money on this one, but I sure am glad that I did. The Last Precinct ties up a lot of loose ends in the Kay Scarpetta saga, and this one makes Kay more human. I liked her so much better in this book, because the hunter becomes the prey, and she has feelings that Patricia Cornwell describes beautifully. I absolutely loved detective Marino in this story. As a ten year friend/coworker/homicide detective with Kay Scarpetta, in this novel his frailties are exposed, his life explored, and he becomes the man you hate to love but have to. Lucy, Kay Scarpetta's niece is also well defined in this story, and having "accidentally" shot her partner and nearly killing Kay Scarpetta's intruder, her judgement is questioned and she may be forced to leave her lifelong career. This spurs her to come up with an idea, an idea called "The Last Precinct", sort of her own law enforcement agency, where when all else fails, unsolvable crimes land in The Last Precinct. More than capable Lucy, her friend Teun, and maybe even Kay will try to enravel what the world's best law enforcement people could not. It is an interesting idea, and Patricia Cornwell weaves the story around it. Kay's ex-lover, horribly murdered, is a post mortem member of this last precinct already. The descriptions of Kay at her best, in the morgue, are unbelievably graphic. The weak of heart will definitely squirm throughout this book, but the descriptions are what attaches the reader firmly to the story. This is, without a doubt, one of Patricia Cornwell's absolute best ever. You will turn page after page with increasing intensity, missing the story when you are unable to be reading, and contemplating it's dilemmas all day. Don't miss it!