Publishers Weekly : Bestseller Cornwell's solid 17th thriller to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta (after Scarpetta) finds Scarpetta—who's the senior forensic analyst for CNN—probing the murder of a Central Park jogger as well as looking into the disappearance of Hannah Starr, a wealthy financial planner. Quizzed on-air about previously undisclosed details of the perplexing Starr case, Scarpetta realizes that the tentacles of the case reach further than she imagined. Her niece, forensic computer whiz Lucy Farinelli, has her own reasons for digging into Starr's disappearance, along with Lucy's girlfriend, New York County ADA Jaime Berger. NYPD Det. Pete Marino, another series staple, is also in the loop as a member of Berger's task force. But it's the dark past of Scarpetta's psychologist husband, Benton Wesley—particularly his presumed death in Point of Origin and shocking reappearance five years later in Blow Fly—that binds the disparate pieces together and make this one of Cornwell's stronger recent efforts. (Oct.)

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Library Journal : In his 17th novel (after The Phony Marine), PBS anchorman Lehrer takes a fun-filled but serious look at the pre-retirement crisis. Approaching his 60th birthday, reliable Otis Holstead reflects on his past life as husband, father, and CEO of an insurance company headquartered in Eureka, KS—and mourns the teenager who sang like Johnny Mathis and lost his high school sweetheart to a senior jock with a Cushman scooter. Determined to make the most of his remaining years, Otis runs away from home on a 1952 Cushman, subliminally bought for that purpose. An accident two days into his journey sends Otis to the hospital, where he has plenty of time to tot up his lifetime of gains and losses and plan a more effective escape, as he listens to the idle talk about him and plays mind games with doctors, nurses, family members, and friends. Lehrer has effectively captured the essence of the pre-retirement months and created a wonderfully human character determined to live a life that makes a difference. Recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/07.]—Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale

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Library Journal : In his 17th novel (after The Phony Marine), PBS anchorman Lehrer takes a fun-filled but serious look at the pre-retirement crisis. Approaching his 60th birthday, reliable Otis Holstead reflects on his past life as husband, father, and CEO of an insurance company headquartered in Eureka, KS—and mourns the teenager who sang like Johnny Mathis and lost his high school sweetheart to a senior jock with a Cushman scooter. Determined to make the most of his remaining years, Otis runs away from home on a 1952 Cushman, subliminally bought for that purpose. An accident two days into his journey sends Otis to the hospital, where he has plenty of time to tot up his lifetime of gains and losses and plan a more effective escape, as he listens to the idle talk about him and plays mind games with doctors, nurses, family members, and friends. Lehrer has effectively captured the essence of the pre-retirement months and created a wonderfully human character determined to live a life that makes a difference. Recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/07.]—Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale

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Library Journal : In his 17th novel (after The Phony Marine), PBS anchorman Lehrer takes a fun-filled but serious look at the pre-retirement crisis. Approaching his 60th birthday, reliable Otis Holstead reflects on his past life as husband, father, and CEO of an insurance company headquartered in Eureka, KS—and mourns the teenager who sang like Johnny Mathis and lost his high school sweetheart to a senior jock with a Cushman scooter. Determined to make the most of his remaining years, Otis runs away from home on a 1952 Cushman, subliminally bought for that purpose. An accident two days into his journey sends Otis to the hospital, where he has plenty of time to tot up his lifetime of gains and losses and plan a more effective escape, as he listens to the idle talk about him and plays mind games with doctors, nurses, family members, and friends. Lehrer has effectively captured the essence of the pre-retirement months and created a wonderfully human character determined to live a life that makes a difference. Recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/07.]—Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale

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Library Journal : In his 17th novel (after The Phony Marine), PBS anchorman Lehrer takes a fun-filled but serious look at the pre-retirement crisis. Approaching his 60th birthday, reliable Otis Holstead reflects on his past life as husband, father, and CEO of an insurance company headquartered in Eureka, KS—and mourns the teenager who sang like Johnny Mathis and lost his high school sweetheart to a senior jock with a Cushman scooter. Determined to make the most of his remaining years, Otis runs away from home on a 1952 Cushman, subliminally bought for that purpose. An accident two days into his journey sends Otis to the hospital, where he has plenty of time to tot up his lifetime of gains and losses and plan a more effective escape, as he listens to the idle talk about him and plays mind games with doctors, nurses, family members, and friends. Lehrer has effectively captured the essence of the pre-retirement months and created a wonderfully human character determined to live a life that makes a difference. Recommended. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/07.]—Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale

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