Cornwell and Mooney

I have read Patricia Cornwell's "Predator". It is a book that keeps you on your toes, but so many unbelievable things. The money that has to be available to keep everyone going although explained by Lucy's software prowess is a stretch at best. And the next book has to be on its way to tell us what happens to the various characters. It is a shame that so much of the interesting forensics that was in the early books in missing. The focus is so tight around the characters. I'm not sure that resurrecting Benton was a such a good idea (is this like the resurrection of Sherlock Holmes - "back by popular demand"?). Chris Mooney's book is also a stretch, you have to believe that computers can do anything. But maybe it is science fiction - looking forward to what can come. Paranoia about no private life anymore. It bothers me, but doesn't seem to touch many other souls on the planet. There are touches of integrity and "right and wrong" in both books. Sometimes I wonder if that is where we are going to find these values in the future. Quality is getting pushed aside by high-powered advertising in all too many areas. You can pay obscene sums for a bed, but will you really get a better night's rest? Expensive, high-tech kitchens are sold, but who cooks anymore? Someone said the other day - the less we do something the more interesting it becomes in the media - cooking shows, do-it-yourself renovations. Does it fill empty spaces?