Port Mortuary / Patricia Cornwell / 496 pages

Kay Scarpetta is back along with Marino, Benton and Lucy. As in some of the more recent Scarpetta novels, the book seems to be more about Kay and her angst resulting from her past, her insecurity, and her relationships with her family than forensic pathology used to resolve three seemingly unconnected crimes. This time Cornwell throws in the possibility of some scary uses of nano-technology. As you read these books, you can't help but wonder if two people with so many professional secrets can really make it as a married couple and I'm wondering if I really care. Cornwell has a very irritating habit of referring to statements from conversations before they even take place in the story so it's hard to be engaged because you're always thinking "what? where did that come from?" Still, these can be addicting