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Southern cross : a Kay Scarpetta mystery

This time the setting is Richmond, Virginia. 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 staff and the city's establishment, she is joined by West and Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career.

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  • "This time the setting is Richmond, Virginia. 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 staff and the city's establishment, she is joined by West and Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career."@en
  • "In this fast-moving sequel to the bestselling Hornet's Nest, the setting is Richmond, Virginia. 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 staff, she is joined by Virginia West and Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career."@en
  • "The new police chief of Richmond, Virginia, Judy Hammer struggles to cope with her grief over the death of her husband, political turmoil, and police corruption, as she and her deputy chief, Virginia West, and rookie Andy Brazil work to clean up a city in trouble."@en
  • "The setting is Richmond, Virginia, where Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought to clean up the police force. In the most difficult assignment of her career and in the face of intense public scrutiny, she finds herself embroiled in a stew of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder."@en
  • "The new police chief of Richmond, Virginia, Judy Hammer struggles to cope with her grief over the death of her husband, political turmoil, and police corruption, as she and her deputy chief, Virginia West, and rookie Andy Brazil work to clean up a city in trouble."
  • "Charlotte Police Chief Judy Hammer has been brought by an NIJ grant to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by the police force, city manager, and mayor of Richmond, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief Virginia West and rookie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the trio must bring truth, order, and sanity to a city in trouble."@en
  • "A former police chief finds herself summoned to Richmond to clean up scandalous conditions."@en
  • "A former police chief finds herself summoned to Richmond to clean up scandalous conditions."
  • "A woman troubleshooter is dispatched to Richmond, Virginia, to clean up the city's scandal-ridden police. For Judy Hammer, chief of police in Charlotte, North Carolina, the assignment turns out to be the most difficult of her career."@en
  • "Judy Hammer has accepted the challenge of Richmond, Virginia's police department to try and reverse the escalating crime statistics in the city. She brings with her Deputy Chief Virginia West and Andy Brazil, now a full-time police officer."@en
  • "Patricia D. Cornwell's experience in a coroner's office has amplified her keen eye for detail and talent for crafting books filled with riveting suspense. Renowned for her best-selling, hard-edged Kay Scarpetta mystery series, Cornwell now breaks new ground in Southern Cross. Her always gritty realism is tempered with broad strands of humor. Summer in Richmond, Virginia is heating up. Bubba, proudly wearing a confederate flag on his truck and a camouflage shirt on his back, shops for another handgun. Stolid and determined, Chief Hammer wonders if she can straighten out the massive chaos in the police department. As he slips into class, a skinny high school kid named Weed dreads being forced to join a brutal gang. Their paths are on a collision course'one that will carry them through dangerous confrontations and surprising friendships to an unexpected conclusion. Narrator Cristine McMurdo-Wallis conveys each varied scene with a sure sense of emotion and character."@en
  • "Police Chief Judy Hammer has been hired to clean up the crime rate in Richmond, Virginia. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by her staff and the city's establishment, she is joined by Virginia West and Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. Sequel to: Hornet's nest."@en
  • "Police Chief Judy Hammer has been hired to clean up the crime rate in Richmond, Virginia. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by her staff and the city's establishment, she is joined by Virginia West and Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. Sequel to: Hornet's nest."
  • "Hamner, West, and Brazil are sent to Richmond to clean up the police force where their efforst are hampered by a resentful police force and administration."@en
  • "Following in the path of her blockbuster Kay Scarpetta thrillers, Patricia Cornwell's novel is a testimony to the singular versatility and narrative power of one of the country's best-read storytellers. In Southern Cross, she casts her shrewd and knowing eye at the men and women in blue, in a story of corruption, scandal, and murder. Richmond, Virginia, is a city rich in Southern history, yet overrun by such modern-day problems as drug trafficking and escalating juvenile crime. Former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer is brought in to clean up the police force--the most difficult assignment of her career. Now, in the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, she must navigate through local politics and prejudices to solve a brutal murder that springs straight from the rotting core of Richmond's heart ..."@en
  • "Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer is brought by an NIJ grant to Richmond to clean up the police force. Resented by the Richmond police force, city manager, and mayor, Hammer is faced with the most difficult assignment of her career."@en
  • "In Southern Cross, Cornwell takes us even closer to the personal and professional lives of big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. This time, her setting is Richmond, Virginia, where Charlotte Police Chief Judy Hammer has been brought by an NIJ grant to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by the police force, city manager, and mayor of Richmond, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief Virginia West and rookie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the trio must bring truth, order, and sanity to a city in trouble."
  • "In Richmond, Virgina, Police Chief Judy Hammer is faced with corruption, scandal, and a robbery that leads to murder. Resented by the police, city manager, and mayor, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief Virginia West and Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career."@en
  • "A story of corruption, scandals and robberies that escalate to murder."@en
  • "Patricia Cornwell takes us into the personal and professional lives of big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal and robberies that escalate to murder. This time, the setting is Richmond, Va., where Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought, by an NIJ grant, to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband, and resented by the Richmond police force, city manager and mayor, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief, Virginia West, androokie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career."@en

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
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  • "Southern cross : a Kay Scarpetta mystery"@en
  • "Southern Cross Read by Roberta Maxwell"@en
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  • "Southern cross"
  • "Southern cross : an Andy Brazil novel"@en
  • "Southern Cross Read by Cristine McMurdo-Wallis"@en
  • "Southern Cross. [4 tapes]"@en
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  • "Southern cross [audio book]"
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