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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group
Published: Apr 2007
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Retail Price: $7.99
Pages: 304
Originally serialized in the New York Times magazine, this standalone procedural stars Winston 'Win' Garano, a stylishly dressed, maverick police investigator dragged into a morass of dirty politics surrounding the Massachusetts gubernatorial race after he's forced to reactivate a very cold case.
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Patricia Cornwell is a brilliant writer and I have learned a lot about forensics by reading her books. Her characters are not exactly endearing which is why I can't love her books. AT RISK introduces us to a new set of characters to dislike. the only exception is Win's grandmother, a psychic, who gave the book a little more heart than in most of her novels. Delma Sykes also seems promising and her work in Tennessee on the cold case is the most interesting part of the book. I also had a hard time accepting the At Risk program which seemed to somehow magically create a forensics profile of ethnic origin and why someone in Boston would absolutely need it to win an election. It just seemed too unbelievable. I thought Win was a total idiot to get himself involved with that awful Monique and their 'romance' seemed contrived. The best thing I can say about AT RISK is that it is only 281 pages long so you can get through it quickly and move on to something better. If this is the first in a new series I am nto sure I will want to read the rest.
Tough time giving this listen a chance, even as short as it was. I couldn't keep who was where, probably because having a MA state police officer chasing a case in TN made zero sense. The whole plot was shabby, the characters unlikeable (except for Miss Dog). I did finish it, but it was a slog.