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Any (ex)fans of Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series here?

I ask because it just struck me that the Scarpetta books have declined in quality in a very similiar manner to AB:VH - each series featuring a decent character who rapidly disintegrated into blatant Mary Sue-ishness and with angst replacing plot after the series had achieved some measure of success.

Thoughts?

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Honestly, I never *loved* Kay, but the stories were well-plotted, well-written, there was a good amount of technical detail, and I was interested in the peripheral characters.

The Temple Gault thing was good and convincing and scary at first, but then the whole EVERY SERIAL KILLED YOU HAVE EVER MET WERE ALL HANGING OUT ON LIEK THE INTERNETS OR SOMETHING AND IT IS ALL A PLOT!1!!!1!!