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Andy Brazil #1-2
Hornet's Nest / Southern Cross
Omnibus Edition of Two Number One Bestsellers.
Hornet's Nest - Deputy Chief Virginia West has a mood to match the heat of the city of Charlotte. Another out-of-town businessman has been found murdered in his hire car, a wise-ass detective has taken her parking slot, the new police headquarters still resembles a construction site & her boss is telling her to go out on patrol as escort to a rookie repoter.
Southern Cross - In this intoxicating sequel to Hornet's Nest, the passionate, vulnerable but always professional trio of Judy Hammer, Virginia West & Andy Brazil has been hired by the city of Richard, Virginia, to tackle its soaring crime rate. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, undermined by corruption & by the jealous apathy of their peers, they must bring order & sanity to a city in trouble.
Hornet's Nest - Deputy Chief Virginia West has a mood to match the heat of the city of Charlotte. Another out-of-town businessman has been found murdered in his hire car, a wise-ass detective has taken her parking slot, the new police headquarters still resembles a construction site & her boss is telling her to go out on patrol as escort to a rookie repoter.
Southern Cross - In this intoxicating sequel to Hornet's Nest, the passionate, vulnerable but always professional trio of Judy Hammer, Virginia West & Andy Brazil has been hired by the city of Richard, Virginia, to tackle its soaring crime rate. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, undermined by corruption & by the jealous apathy of their peers, they must bring order & sanity to a city in trouble.
- GenresMystery
Hardcover
First published March 1, 2002
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About the author
Patricia Cornwell
197 books19.8k followersPatricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, in 1990 while working as a computer analyst at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. Postmortem, was the first bona fide forensic thriller. It paved the way for an explosion of entertainment featuring in all things forensic across film, television and literature.
Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize – the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell’s books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She’s authored twenty-nine New York Times bestsellers.
Patricia’s novels center primarily on medical examiner Kay Scarpetta along with her tech-savvy niece Lucy and fellow investigator Pete Marino. Celebrating 25 years, these characters have grown into an international phenomenon, winning Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.
Fox 2000 bought the rights to Kay Scarpetta. Working with producer Liz Friedman, Marvel’s Jessica Jones and fellow Marvel EP and Twilight Saga scribe Melissa Rosenberg to develop the film and find Scarpetta a home on the big screen.
After earning her degree in English from Davidson College in 1979, she began working at the Charlotte Observer.
Cornwell received widespread attention and praise for her series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. From the Charlotte Observer, Cornwell moved to a job with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia – a post she would later bestow upon the fictional Kay Scarpetta.
When not writing from her Boston home, Patricia tirelessly researches cutting-edge forensic technologies to include in her work. Her interests span outside the literary: Patricia co-founded of the Conservation Scientist Chair at the Harvard University Art Museums. She appears as a forensic consultant on CNN and serves as a member of Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she advocates for psychiatric research. She’s helped fund the ICU at Cornell’s Animal Hospital, the scientific study of a Confederate submarine, the archaeological excavation of Jamestown, and a variety of law enforcement charities. Patricia is also committed to
funding scholarships and literacy programs. Her advice to aspiring authors: “Start writing. And don’t take no for an answer.”
Social and Digital Outlets
http://www.patriciacornwell.com
https://www.facebook.com/patricia.cor...
https://twitter.com/1pcornwell
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Other areas of expertise & interests
Forensics | Forensic Technologies | Ballistics | Weapons | Explosives | Pathology & Autopsies | Crime | Historical and Unsolved Criminal Cases | Jack The Ripper | Helicopter Piloting | Suba Diving | Archaeological Excavation Experience |
Postmortem would go on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize – the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. To date, Cornwell’s books have sold some 100 million copies in thirty-six languages in over 120 countries. She’s authored twenty-nine New York Times bestsellers.
Patricia’s novels center primarily on medical examiner Kay Scarpetta along with her tech-savvy niece Lucy and fellow investigator Pete Marino. Celebrating 25 years, these characters have grown into an international phenomenon, winning Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.
Fox 2000 bought the rights to Kay Scarpetta. Working with producer Liz Friedman, Marvel’s Jessica Jones and fellow Marvel EP and Twilight Saga scribe Melissa Rosenberg to develop the film and find Scarpetta a home on the big screen.
After earning her degree in English from Davidson College in 1979, she began working at the Charlotte Observer.
Cornwell received widespread attention and praise for her series of articles on prostitution and crime in downtown Charlotte. From the Charlotte Observer, Cornwell moved to a job with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia – a post she would later bestow upon the fictional Kay Scarpetta.
When not writing from her Boston home, Patricia tirelessly researches cutting-edge forensic technologies to include in her work. Her interests span outside the literary: Patricia co-founded of the Conservation Scientist Chair at the Harvard University Art Museums. She appears as a forensic consultant on CNN and serves as a member of Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she advocates for psychiatric research. She’s helped fund the ICU at Cornell’s Animal Hospital, the scientific study of a Confederate submarine, the archaeological excavation of Jamestown, and a variety of law enforcement charities. Patricia is also committed to
funding scholarships and literacy programs. Her advice to aspiring authors: “Start writing. And don’t take no for an answer.”
Social and Digital Outlets
http://www.patriciacornwell.com
https://www.facebook.com/patricia.cor...
https://twitter.com/1pcornwell
https://instagram.com/1pcornwell/
Other areas of expertise & interests
Forensics | Forensic Technologies | Ballistics | Weapons | Explosives | Pathology & Autopsies | Crime | Historical and Unsolved Criminal Cases | Jack The Ripper | Helicopter Piloting | Suba Diving | Archaeological Excavation Experience |
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
May 15, 2021
My God! This review is going to be short and sweet. As soon as I finished reading this book, I threw it straight into the bin where it belongs. I couldn't bare to put someone else through the pain of reading this book. By far the worst book I have read to date. I cannot even believe that Patricia Cornwell wrote this. I am truly stuck for words to actually review the book because to be honest I have no f$#@ing idea how to review it. It made no sense. What was even the point of all these characters. I wasted a week of my life & dont want anyone going through same thing.
Sorry Patricia! I love your scarpetta series but this one was baaaaaaad!!!
Sorry Patricia! I love your scarpetta series but this one was baaaaaaad!!!
March 26, 2020
Lite udda bok. Skriven 1996 så inte så märkligt att mycket känns daterat kring hur kvinnor framställs och framförallt pratar om sin vikt. Mycket snack om fettsnål mat och hur man kan hålla vikten. En annan underlig grej i boken är att man får följa huvudkaraktärens katt ibland och höra när den tänker tillbaka på forna liv i Egypten bland faraoner... Men men, ändå rätt så underhållande allt som allt.
March 11, 2019
I'm partial to Kay
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January 5, 2017Different from her other book.
January 4, 2012
Terrible. Just terrible.
I checked this out from the library because TNT recently filmed the TV movie version of the book in my newsroom. I will be watching it in April, and I wanted to know what I was in for. I hope the movie is better than the book, because the book sucked. The end is sudden and anticlimactic, leaving about a thousand questions unanswered while giving me too much information about things I don't want to know. For example, makes/models of guns. I appreciate that Ms. Cornwell does her research, but it's too much information. Edit. Edit edit edit. Just, no. Don't read this.
I checked this out from the library because TNT recently filmed the TV movie version of the book in my newsroom. I will be watching it in April, and I wanted to know what I was in for. I hope the movie is better than the book, because the book sucked. The end is sudden and anticlimactic, leaving about a thousand questions unanswered while giving me too much information about things I don't want to know. For example, makes/models of guns. I appreciate that Ms. Cornwell does her research, but it's too much information. Edit. Edit edit edit. Just, no. Don't read this.
September 28, 2011
Excellent read, love this author! :-)
May 28, 2013
Found this difficult to get into, had to try a couple of times to get in to the story.
December 4, 2019
I love all her books. I have read them all
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