At Risk

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		At Risk
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基本信息·出版社：Sphere
·页码：240 页
·出版日期：2007年03月
·ISBN：075153871X/9780751538717
·条形码：9780751538717
·装帧：平装
·丛书名：Winston Garano
·外文书名：危险

内容简介 Moving between the chill of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the sultry humidity of Knoxville, Tennessee, Winston Garano, a police investigator, is instructed to look into a twenty-year-old murder case. Although Win reckons there are many more pressing current cases which should have higher priority, he gets on with the task, unaware of the can of worms he will prise open. With her hallmark qualities of deft characterisation, perfect research and tense story-telling, Patricia Cornwell has created a novel which entertains, intrigues and satisfies.
作者简介 Patricia Cornwell's first novel, POSTMORTEM, was published in 1990 and won five international awards. Her Scarpetta novels have since become number one bestsellers throughout the world. She has also published three police procedurals, HORNET'S NEST, SOUTHERN CROSS and ISLE OF DOGS.
媒体推荐 'Cornwell still does it better than anyone else' Daily Mail ** 'Cornwell's books run on high octane fuel, a cocktail of adrenaline and fear' Times ** This is Cornwell writing at the top of her form ... a rich little feast of a book' Irish Times ** Few ... can compare to Patricia Cornwell' Sunday Business Post ** In her latest thriller, she has returned to what she does best ...' Independent ** Brilliant ... this book is just as exciting as any one of the author's Scarpetta mysteries and is thrilling from start to finish' The Lady ** An intriguing read' Asda magazine
编辑推荐 Amazon.co.uk Review
Another Patricia Cornwell appears, and it's a pretty safe bet that At Risk will storm its way to the top of the best-selling charts. Cornwell has been at the top of the American crime writing tree for so long now that her position is virtually unassailable--even when she produces the odd misfire (which he has been known to do). Fortunately, At Risk can be counted among her successes, though its brevity may disappoint some.

The book is based on a recent story of the same name serialised in The New York Times, but those hoping for the return of Cornwell’s resourceful forensic specialist Dr Kay Scarpetta will have to wait a little longer, as Cornwell introduces a new central character in this book. Having inhabited the mind of a female protagonist for so long, the author has felt the need to move into very different territory with a charismatic male police investigator at the centre of the narrative. The book takes the reader from the cool climes of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the overbearing heat of Knoxville Tennessee. Win Garano is handed a tricky assignment: he is to investigate a murder case that is over two decades old. District Attorney Monique Lamont isn't concerned about the difficulties of the case, though--she simply wants results for personal reasons. Win is convinced that he has been saddled with a very low priority case, but quickly finds that there is much more to this twenty-year-old mystery than he thought. As some very dangerous secrets are uncovered, Win finds himself dealing with both the consequences of his investigation and the remarkable ambitiousness of Monique Lamont as he pursues a political grand prize. In the past, when Cornwell has moved away from the safe territory of the Kay Scarpetta novels, she has slightly alienated her dedicated fan base. But she is absolutely right to take chances like this in order to freshen her literary inspiration, and this fast-moving piece is a laudable effort, even if it comes in at a rather shortish page count. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Sunday Business Post
`Few . . . can compare to Patricia Cornwell'

Irish Times
`This is Cornwell writing at the top of her form . . . a rich
little feast of a book'

Irish Examiner
`Patricia Cornwell never ceases to please, but in her new short
novel . . . she outstrips even herself . . . This is author working at the
top of her form and is a must-buy'

The Lady
`Brilliant . . . this book is just as exciting as any one of the
author's Scarpetta mysteries and is thrilling from start to finish'

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