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Author: Patricia Cornwell
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 444
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0399154183
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154188
ASIN: 0399154183
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
The audacious new adventure of the At Risk team from Americas #1 bestselling crime writer.
When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying: At Risk is Cornwells finest novel. It works in every way possible fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); Absolutely the best. Heres hoping well see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwells creative pen since . . . well, Kay Scarpetta (The Denver Post).
At Risk featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a notinconsiderable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garanos grandmother, who has certain unpredictable talents that you ignore at your peril.
And in The Front, peril is what comes to them all. D.A. Lamont has a special job for Garano. As part of a new public relations campaign about the dangers of declining neighborhoods, shes sending him to Watertown to come up with a drama, and she thinks she knows just the case that will serve. Garano is very skeptical, because he knows that Watertown is also the home base for a loose association of municipal police departments called the FRONT, set up in order that they dont have to be so dependent on the statemuch to Lamonts anger. He senses a much deeper agenda herebut he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, hell find that Lamonts task, and the places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrorseverywhere he turns, hes not quite sure if what hes seeing is true.
Falsehoods rule, warns his grandmother. And they can also kill.
This is the master writing at the absolute top of her game. You will never guess what lies behind The Front.
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 Fetid Tripe July 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't have the time to go into all of the ways that this excuse for a novel does not work on the most basic levels. Here are a few: plot, character development, the ability to draw the reader into the "willing suspension of disbelief" that is necessary for fiction to work.
The characters are not believable. It is jarring to be asking yourself every few pages why somebody would ever do what they are doing. The entire cast of characters cannot be psychotic. There has to be some coherent reason for what they say and do. There is a strained connection to New Scotland Yard that is supposed to be a major plot prop, yet makes no sense at all.
The next time I have a choice between buying a Cornwell book or buying 5 or 6 gallons of gas? Fill 'er up!
Worst book I've read in a long, long time July 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a stupid boring book. I figured it would be a fast-read with some entertainment value but it was only a fast read. I didn't even care what happened at the end. Doubt I'll try Cornwell again.
Puh-leeze July 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So let's see... how many chi-chi brand names can we pack into the pages, in between the interactions of the obnoxious (but exquisitely beautiful) DA, the wimpy (but incredibly handsome) state cop, the tough (but good hearted) municipal cop, and the bit cast of the ruthless governor, the FBI (including the ghost of J. Edgar himself), Scotland Yard, the wise old forensics expert, the Mafia, and the hapless victim (did I leave anybody out?) all wrapped up into a ludicrous plot?
unreadable July 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Terrible book! What has happened to Patricia Cornwell? She hasn't written anything worth reading in years. The book is UNREADABLE. Couldn't get through it, and considering it is only 180 pages in faily large font on small pages, that is pretty bad. The story wanders aimlessly with no direction or plot. No one really knows any of the characters or really cares. Years ago I used to look foward to the release of a new Cornwell novel, now after her last few pieces of garbage I could care less.
 Still waiting for the old Cornwell to come back. July 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I keep buying Patricia Cornwell books hoping for the author who wrote such great books like the Body Farm. The book was very short (i should have checked the page count before i purchased) and not all that interesting. This might be the last book i buy that's written by her.
On a side note, i'm half way through the book Twisted by Andrea Kane - if you like the older Cornwell books, i highly recommend Twisted instead.
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