La mosca de la muerte (Blow Fly) Book

Reading through many of the reviews of this book on goodreads it's impossible to ignore the negative feedback Cornwell received after publishing this 12th installment of her Kay Scarpetta series. I will be honest...this review comes after having read this book a second time. I was a devoted Scarpetta reader and many years ago I quit following this series after reading Blow Fly. It wasn't because I thought the book was badly written. It isn't. I have always enjoyed Patricia Cornwell's prose. My problem was that (and I will attempt to write this as to not include any spoilers for those readers who have not yet discovered this series) one of the more prominent and, in my opinion, one of the best and well-liked characters had been killed off. That was bad enough. In Blow Fly, Cornwell decides to bring him back and for some reason it rubbed me the wrong way as a long time reader. It angered me and I quit reading the series and have just, in the past few months, decided to come back to it. I began with the first book, Postmortem, and as I've re-read each book, I have been reminded why I enjoyed this series in the first place. Blow Fly is very well written. I don't agree with the majority of the negative feedback or comments that I've read about this book. I think this one is every bit as good as the older ones and will definitely continue to read the rest of this series. I have become attached to Kay and Lucy, Marino and Benton and want to find out what is in their collective future. Blow Fly was published in 2003 and Cornwell has just released her 21st Scarpetta novel this year. I have much to read in this series and look forward to the reading I have ahead of me.