Come Home / Lisa Scottoline / 368 pages

This is a mystery that really looks into motherly love.  How long do those bonds of love last when you have ex-stepdaughters?  For Dr. Jill Farrow, they last forever and you are willing to lose the fiance you love, put your life on the line, and take risks in your profession.  When Dr. Farrow hears the shocking news that her ex-husband is dead, ruled death by suicide, but her ex-stepdaughter believes her father was murdered, Jill goes into action.  Her dogged diagnostic attitude as a pediatrician is applied to solving the death of her husband and several other bystanders along the way.  I like Scottoline and I'm happy for her that she is accepting the challenge of writing outside her comfort zone, but I also miss Benny, Mary and big pots of gravy bubbling on the stove.