I have read all of the Scarpetta books and this is just horrible. It was taking place in 3 different states, which would have been fine, had there been a real story. Blowfly wasn't that good, but I thought the people would all be pulled together for this one. We still don't know the status of Benton and Kay, and after reading this book, who really cares? Where is the wolf? After reading trace, I really don't care. What happened to the real Lucy? How did Marino quit smoking and drinking? This book lost all of their personalities. I usually read the Scarpetta books in 2 day (I work 9 Hours and have 2 boys to do homework). It took me 5 days to read this one when I was home alone the most part. It was really boring. I would prefer that Kay was put to rest than to read more of that.