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I'm about half way through Cornwell's most recent book, Livid. Kay has returned to Virginia and her position as chief medical examiner (covered in Autopsy.) For anyone who hasn't read the last few of her novels, Pete Marino has undergone a change.
Spoiler
He is married to Kay's sister, Dorothy, and is apparently in phenomenal physical shape. I think the latter happened between this book and the previous one.
The below is a fair--and not particularly positive--review of this book. I'm going to finish the book, anyway.
Part of the problem is that Cornwell’s not a natural writer. Her prose is labored and stiff. Her pacing is uneven, and her constant shifts from direct conversation to indirect dialogue, where the narrator suddenly intrudes to summarize what’s being said, are annoying and disorienting.
As well, her chapter breaks often seem oddly random, as the action suddenly peters out with little warning. Add to this her penchant for misusing clichés and idioms such as “out of the frying pan and into the fire,” employing them in contexts that aren’t quite appropriate, and the overall result is a story that’s something of a chore to read.
That sums up very well my reaction to Cornwall. A big reason I could never even get through the first book.
...That sums up very well my reaction to Cornwall. A big reason I could never even get through the first book.
An acquaintance gave me her first book, Postmortem, years after it came out. I had never heard of Patricia Cornwell at the time. After reading that book, I was hooked.
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