Last year, bestselling author Patricia Cornwell made her first foray into the tension-filled, fast-paced, and often irreverent world of police departments with Hornet’s Nest. Now, in the eagerly awaited sequel, Southern Cross, Cornwell resurrects Police Chief Judy Hammer; Hammer’s right-hand woman, Deputy Chief Virginia West; and West’s much younger love interest, newspaper reporter turned police officer Andy Brazil. Only this time the three have hauled their crime-fighting expertise and their weighty emotional baggage to a new location: Richmond, Virginia.

The New York Times Book Review – Marilyn Stasio

[We] wonder what Cornwell might have done with the Bubbas of Richmond had she respected them enough to take them seriously.

Publish Date : 1999