Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: I couldn't put it down!

I just finished its 320 pages in under 24 hours. Her stories are always all-consuming.While a few critics seems to be dissappointed in the emotions of her characters, it seems to make them more real to me. Of course, Kay Scarpetta and all of Benton's friends would grieve. I would have been shocked if Patricia Cornwell had not addressed his death in this way and everyone went on with business and lives as usual.As for the "crime du jour", I loved all the twists, turns and sub-plots and the manner in which Cornwell knits everything together. The ending was brief and somewhat predictible, but hey, how many ways are there really to catch a criminal?