Karen White
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"In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us close to the sometimes zany (but always threatening) experiences of big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. The setting is Richmond, Virginia, where former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought, by an NIJ grant, to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by the Richmond police force, city manager, and...
2) Isle of Dogs
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Patricia Cornwell’s novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. Now, with this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, she outdoes herself, with a wry tale of life and turmoil behind the blue wall.
Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways, and warns that speeders will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric...
Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways, and warns that speeders will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric...
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Patricia Cornwell has a sixth sense about the men and women in blue. In Hornet's Nest, her page-turning novel about crime and police in Charlotte, North Carolina, Cornwell moved behind the badges of these real-life heroes to uncover flesh-and-blood characters who strode through her pages to reveal vulnerable, passionate, brave, sometimes doubting, always fascinating figures.
In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us even closer...
In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us even closer...
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Patricia Cornwell turns from forensics to police procedures in Hornet's Nest.
The gritty, heroic life of big-city police is seen through the eyes of three leading crimefighters from Charlotte, North Carolina—Police Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Chief Virginia West, and ambitious young reporter Andy Brazil.
The gritty, heroic life of big-city police is seen through the eyes of three leading crimefighters from Charlotte, North Carolina—Police Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Chief Virginia West, and ambitious young reporter Andy Brazil.