Product Description

Unabridged CDs, 4 CDs, 4 hours

The audacious new adventure of the At Risk team from America’s #1 bestselling crime writer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #853995 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-14
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 213 pages

From Publishers Weekly
In Cornwell's latest mystery thriller, the celebrated author's At Risk team pairs up once again to tackle a loose association of police departments known as the Front. With a powerful stage presence and a voice that captivates for hours, Kate Reading delivers a home-run performance that captures the essence and authority of Cornwell's prose. Reading, whose name tells us exactly what she's best at, leaps into character in this understated yet creatively nuanced reading that is both honest and entertaining. She understands just how to bring Cornwell's words to life and does so with great passion. A Putnam hardcover (reviewed online). (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Review
“[A] classically written crime novel…sure to please.”
—USA Today

About the Author
Patricia Cornwell is the Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy. Her most recent bestsellers include Book of the Dead, At Risk, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.

Customer Reviews

Cornwell Turns Garbage To Gold Once Again
I thought Cornwell could do no worse than Isle of Dogs - The Front was as bad (if not as vulger). The author sells her books because of her name. It seems you can turn out any ridiculous piece of trash and make money, if at one point in your career you were a legitimate author. I believed that James Patterson was the master in this regard, but even he has not produced anything so ridiculous and nonsensical as this book. The positive reviewers who are quoted here must have entirely different standards than I, or have read a different book. I give it 0 stars and resent the time wasted reading it - fortunately however, it was so "cut to the bone" that even with thick paper and big print, there was nothing much to read. Last Cornwell book for me - Renee Wadler

Great Summer Read!
I have read most of Cornwell's Scarpetta series, and loved them, she has always been an expert in the field of character development as well as forensics. When I saw this novella, I was a little hesitant as all the characters I know and love were not featured in it. But, I have to say I was amazed at how fast I took to this new set of characters. Though it was a quick read it still had Cornwell's signature twists and turns, and was highly entertaining.

Cornwell Phoned This One In
This book is just awful. Did Cornwell write this on her Blackberry? It just seems like something written for the text-messaging crowd. Her prose is anemic, her characters rehashed from the Scarpetta series, the story line is flat, and the sharp, detailed writing she has given us in the past is as stale as yesterday's Starbucks. And how many cops ride Ducati motorcycles? Honestly... Cornwell phoned this one in. She's just writing for retirement money now.