SOUTHERN CROSS

In her best-selling novel HORNET'S NEST,Patrcia Cornwell displayed her intuitive understanding o9f policemen and wome and introduced her readers to Judy Hammer,Virgina West and andy Brazil.
Judy Hammer, Virginia West and Andy Brazil,In this fast-moving sequel she again portrays this trio-sometimes passionate ,vulnerable or heroic,always prlofessional.
This time the setting is Richmoud ,Virginia ,and patricia Cornwell atkes us even closer to the Personal and public lives of a big city police force wherer corruption ,scandal and robberies escalate into murder.Police Chief Judy Hammer has been hired to clean up the crime rate .Reeling from the recent death of her husband ,and resented by her statffand the city's establishment ,she is joined by west and Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her carrer.Inthe face of overwhming public Scrutiny the must Bring face of overwhemin publinc the trio must bring face of overwhelming pubic scrutiny the trio most bring order and sanity to a city in trouble.
The roller-coaster new novel from ome of the world's best read stoory-tellers is fast ,funny and fantastically enterlaining ;a melange of personal conundrums.police procedures high drama ,low life-topped offwith and intosicating dash of comedy.
作者简介
Patricia Cornwell is creator of the outstandingly successful Dr Kay Scarpetta series.She has been a volun-teer polince officer,a crime reporter ,and a computer analyst in the Chief Medical Examiner's office .soutbern Cross is the Sequel to the best-selling Hounet's Nest ,her first book featuring Judy Hammer,Virginia West and Andy Brazil.
She lives in Richmond ,Vigina,and New York.