Trace
by Patricia Cornwell
I love Patricia Cornwell, but this was not her best.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the Forensic Medical Examiner is called back to Richmond to assist in the investigation of a girl's murder. She doesn't want to go back to the city that fired her 5 years ago, but it is a child and how can she say no?
Returning to Richmond, she finds that there is a lot more going on than just finding the cause of death of a 14 year old girl. Politics, incompetence, and total chaos now rule the medical examiners office that took her years to lovingly build.
All the while, her significant other,...