Body of Evidence | Techniques
Cornwell improves in this novel in her sense of place. Her thumbnail sketches of locales quickly capture their spirit. To interview a friend of Beryl's, Scarpetta visits Chamberlayne Gardens, a high-rise retirement community. The expensively furnished lobby reveals the high social class of the residents, but the decrepitude of the lobby sitters reveals the true condition of the residents. "No matter how lovely it was," Scarpetta explains, "no one really wanted to be there." She provides equally good paragraphs on Beryl's up-scale neighborhood, the posh hotel-turned expensive hospital...
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