| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
| Patricia Daniels Cornwell |
| Patricia D Cornwell |
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| Selling Price |
$9.99
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Publication Date |
1998 |
| Format |
Hardcover
(250
x
166
mm)
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| Publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Language |
eng |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket |
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| Plot |
Patricia Cornwell has a sixth sense about the men and women in blue. In Hornet's Nest, her page-turning satirical 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 as vulnerable, passionate, brave, sometimes comical, always fascinating figures.
In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us even closer to the sometimes zany (but always threatening) experiences of big-city police, in a story or corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. This time, the setting is Richmond, Virginia, where former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought, by a NIJ grant, to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband and resented by the Richmond police force, city manger, and mayor, Hammer is joined by her duputy chief, Virginia West, and rookie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the trio must find the link between the desecration of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's status and the brutal murder of an elderly woman. |
| Personal Details |
| Condition |
Fine |
| Owner |
FamilyHistorySites |
| FHS ItemID |
20041178 |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
PS3553.O692 |
| Dewey |
813.54 |
| ISBN |
039914465X |
| Nr of Pages |
359 |
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