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For decades, Patricia Cornwell has demonstrated her extraordinary ability not only to entertain and enthral, but to surprise - and At Risk will surprise everyone. It is a book filled with all the chilling suspense, rich characters and trademark forensics that have made her an international phenomenon. But what she does with those ingredients is a revelation. A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, an attractive but hard-charging woman, is intending to run for governor, and as a showcase she is planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk, its motto, 'Any crime, any time'. In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ some cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found it in a twenty-year-old murder in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right? Her investigator is not so sure - not sure about anything to do with this woman, really but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes. an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It is not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed, and they're about to get much worse. Average condition paperback
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