The Front by Patricia Cornwell

The Front

Author: Patricia Cornwell
Publisher: G P Putnam's Sons
Published: May 20th, 2008
isbn: 9780399154188



I picked this up thinking it was a Kay Scarpetta novel. I hadn't realized that Cornwell had begun a new series. Cornwell fans won't be disappointed by these new characters. This is the second book in the series, so you might want to start with At Risk (isbn 9780425214763). - Lisa


"At Risk featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a not in considerable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garanoas 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, she is 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. He senses a much deeper agenda here, but he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, he'll find that Lamont's task, and the places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrors, everywhere he turns, he's not quite sure if what he's seeing is true.

This is the master writing at the absolute top of her game."