SHARP FORCE by Patricia Cornwell

4* Great intro to this series - despite this being the umpteenth book, I wasn't lost. 

Okay, so this book starts with a bang, continues at a decent pace, put the willies in me over the AI, Janet, and made me smile over the kick-butt strong female characters, even the one who acts like a stereotypical power-drunk MAGA clone. She's annoying, yes, but seemingly she knew what she wanted, went and got it, and now her M.O. is smoke and mirrors. I liked, too, the little nod to the Biden presidency.

What I didn't like was the doesn't-respect-boundaries Marino character. I googled and apparently he attempted to rape Kay Scarpetta several books back, so how is he such a prominent character in a position of authority? Only in the USA, right? That's mind boggling and again, makes me grateful for all the UK is doing by trying to weed out people of his ilk from various authorities. 

The tale was interesting mainly because of the AI content, both Janet's and the baddie's. He was a tad too last-minute and not present enough for him to be entirely believable, but good on Peanut for stealing the show and 'allowing' justice to be done. 

I'd have liked to see Kay and Benton's rescheduled trip to London, to see what the author comes up with, but maybe that's where the next tale will start off? 

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Little, Brown Group UK Limited, for my reading pleasure. 


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