The Barnes & Noble ReviewCornwell is back, and in a big way! Kay Scarpetta has never been so sharp and on top of things, and murder has never been more foul. Patricia Cornwell returns to familiar ground with another Kay Scarpetta novel, sure to delight fans of her previous novels as well as to draw in a whole slew of new readers. This is top-notch blockbuster fiction, wrapped up with strong character development and superb suspense. A treat for readers, Cornwell’s fiction manages to combine the best of both the thriller and mystery genres, and here, with “Point of Origin” she rockets into the stratosphere with her best work yet. Kay Scarpetta, to those unfamiliar with Cornwell’s most complex and intriguing character, is the Chief Medical Examiner for the state of Virginia. Operating out of Richmond, Scarpetta receives an extremely threatening letter from a disturbed woman named Carrie Grethen. Readers familiar with Scarpetta’s previous dealings in Cornwell novels will recognize Carrie from THE BODY FARM. Carrie Grethen is currently in a psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane. In her letter, she indicates that both Kay Scarpetta and possibly her niece Lucy are somehow bound up in one of Carrie’s twisted schemes. To recap for Scarpetta newcomers, Lucy was Carrie’s lover before Carrie’s true psychopathic nature reared its ugly head. Kay ended up killing Carrie’s partner-in-crime, Temple Gault, and not a night goes by that she doesn’t relive that moment. Carrie may be incarcerated, but she has managed to touch Scarpetta’s life in a creepy way, and Carrie’s threatening letter only adds to herdistress,arriving right before Kay and her lover Benton Wesley are due to go off for their first vacation together in more than a year. Benton knows it spells trouble, but Kay ignores the implication of the letter. Just before she’s about to take off with Wesley to Hilton Head, Kay is called in on
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