At Risk
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A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she’s planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk -- its motto: “Any crime, any time.” In particular, she’s been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she’s found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder -- in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right? Her investigator is not so sure -- not sure about anything to do with this woman, really -- but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It’s not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they’re about to get much worse.
Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound -- this is the master working at the top of her game.
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This one is not one of Patricia Cornwell's best. The character development was not as good as her other books.
A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she’s planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk -- its motto: “Any crime, any time.” In particular, she’s been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she’s found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder -- in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right? Her investigator is not so sure -- not sure about anything to do with this woman, really -- but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It’s not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they’re about to get much worse.
Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound -- this is the master working at the top of her game.
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This one is not one of Patricia Cornwell's best. The character development was not as good as her other books.
Journal Entry 2 by harper415sc at Kudu Coffee And Craft Beer - 4 Vanderhorst St in Charleston, South Carolina USA on Sunday, January 11, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/11/2009 UTC) at Kudu Coffee And Craft Beer - 4 Vanderhorst St in Charleston, South Carolina USA
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Taking to the Monthly Bookcrossing Meetup. If no one wants it, it will be left on the bookcrossing shelf.
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Journal Entry 3 by aimster1970 from North Charleston, South Carolina USA on Sunday, February 8, 2009
As a huge fan of Dr. Kay I was very hopeful that this would be as good. It was set in my hometown of Boston so I found that interesting. I was not totally disappointed but not totally thrilled either. I was unsure of the main character, Win, until almost the end of the book, but I did end up liking him. The story was good and held my attention but I found the ending very weak. It was like Cornwell just got tired of writing. I will definitely try the other book with the same character and see what Cornwell does with that one. Maybe it's better.
I'm taking it back to the monthly Bookcrossing meeting today.
I'm taking it back to the monthly Bookcrossing meeting today.
Book crossing is a great idea.
