From the bestselling crime writer, an electrifying new thriller -with a twist.
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.
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