Patricia Cornwell turns from forensics to police procedures in Hornet's Nest. The gritty, heroic life of big-city police is seen through the eyes of three leading crimefighters from Charlotte, North Carolina--Police Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Chief Virginia...
In 1860 Prince Georges County Maryland there were an estimated 12,000 Negro Slaves on Plantations throughout the County. Tobacco was the main crop. And the free labor of slaves allowed many White Landowners to become wealthy. Prince Georges County had the largest number of...
Charlotte, North Carolina has been dubbed the hornet's nest of America, and with Charlotte as her simmering background, Patricia Cornwell propels us into the lives of a dynamic trio of heroes: Andy Brazil, an ambitious young reporter and volunteer cop; Police Chief Judy Hammer,...
Patricia Cornwell turns from forensics to police procedures in her latest novel, Hornet's Nest. This book is less a thriller than a character study of the main characters: Judy Hammer, chief of police in Charlotte, North Carolina; Hammer's deputy, Virginia West; and Andy Brazil,...