The last three books that have come out have all been bad. The only "plot" I can find is Dr. Kay's on going saga of being in the grips of a terminal level of "poor me". There is none of the drama found in the previous books. I kept waiting for the story to start, but it never did. In fact now her niece,Lucy,is following her aunt down the slide to "poor me". I liked Benton better before we thought he was dead. I think that I liked him better dead than how he is now(wimp}. Last but not least,our favorite "I'm in love with Kay, but, I know it will never be,so,I will settle for being a pain in the butt and never get my own life ex-cop person. I hope the next book is back to the quality of her earlier books, I don't see how the next one can be any worst. At least I hope it is not worst.