Isle of Dogs
Registered by Sterile of Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on 8/15/2007
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Be aware: this is not your typical Cornwell novel. Not only is there no Kay Scarpetta, but Isle of Dogs is a comic romp, a real departure for this author. It centres around a couple of characters from past books--police chief Judy Hammer and reporter-turned-cop Andy Brazil of Hornet''s Nest and Southern Cross--but the plot, style and tone will remind you more of Carl Hiaasen''s dark comedies.
The madcap doings get underway when the addled, nearly blind governor of Virginia confusedly launches a speed-trap program on isolated Tangier Island, whose prickly, eccentric residents promptly attempt secession. Cornwell adeptly interweaves other crisscrossing plot lines involving a gang of street-stupid thugs gunning for Hammer and Brazil, an angel-faced serial killer, a kidnapped dog and more. She does miss a few beats: the pacing sags during certain episodes, and at times the writing strains so hard for laughs that instead it draws winces.
The madcap doings get underway when the addled, nearly blind governor of Virginia confusedly launches a speed-trap program on isolated Tangier Island, whose prickly, eccentric residents promptly attempt secession. Cornwell adeptly interweaves other crisscrossing plot lines involving a gang of street-stupid thugs gunning for Hammer and Brazil, an angel-faced serial killer, a kidnapped dog and more. She does miss a few beats: the pacing sags during certain episodes, and at times the writing strains so hard for laughs that instead it draws winces.
Journal Entry 2 by Sterile at Burnley General Hospital in Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom on Thursday, August 23, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/23/2007 UTC) at Burnley General Hospital in Burnley, Lancashire United Kingdom
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Released on the wall at the Path Lab 23 August 2007
Released on the wall at the Path Lab 23 August 2007