A high school music teacher has been gunned down while unloading groceries from his car. It’s Detective Pete Marino, who wants her help at the scene of a murder just five minutes’ drive away. As the pair puzzle over their find, Kay’s phone rings. But seven pennies, all bearing the date 1981 and polished to a dazzling shine, laid on the wall behind their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, soon put a spanner in that works. The break is long overdue and both are looking forward to it. They’re preparing to fly to Miami for a celebratory vacation. With her history of forensic expertise, she is now the chief medical examiner for the state and husband Benton Wesley is an FBI profiler. The story begins on Scarpetta’s birthday. Flesh and Blood is the 22nd to feature Kay Scarpetta and in truth the series appears to have run its course and deserves to be towed away to the scrapyard, so tired is the formula. Written by Patricia Cornwell - Have you ever been stuck in an interminable traffic jam on the motorway? One where time seems to slow down as you stare, bored, out of the window and pray for rescue? In a nutshell, that’s how I felt while reading this book.
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