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A district attorney wants to further her political dreams by solving an old murder.

Quite interesting but a not so appealing book. I am not so sure I'll put some effort to read this new series by Patricia Cornwell.

Patricia Cornwell’s most recent paperback, At Risk, is probably a cautionary title suitable for the reader. Cornwell, who is best known for her award-winning series on the forensic scientist, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, offers a mystery involving a 20-year old murder in Tennessee and the assault of a Massachusetts’ DA, Monique Lamont. Investigating both crimes is Boston detective, Winston Garano. I am leery of saying more as I don’t want to raise any reader’s hopes that this is a good mystery.

I wish I could say that the various twists and turns make for fascinating reading, but the characters are mostly unsympathetic and hard to relate to. This is a real shame as Cornwell’s Scarpetta novels were fascinating reads in their early days. I don’t know what has happened. It seems that Cornwell has somehow slipped off the track. In general, I go into reading particular authors favorably disposed towards them. However, the last few of Cornwell’s books, and in particular, At Risk, do not hold one’s interest, much less invoke much interest to begin with. I think there was potential here for a very good political thriller. However, neither Cornwell nor the reader can muster much passion for these characters. That is sad. What makes this even more tragic is that the writing is spread out and enlarged for a small paperback. This could easily have been rewritten as a short story, or at most, a novella. I cannot in good conscience recommend the book, even if one is a Cornwell fan.

This could have been a great story, but there were too many plot points packed into too short of a book for this to be enjoyable. There was a 20-year old unsolved murder, political fighting, new developments in using DNA to solve crimes, secret scheming, break-ins, etc. Lots and lots of things happening, but nothing was developed in enough depth for it to matter. Short novels are great, but the plot won't make sense with so many competing storylines crunched together. There were a lot of times that I felt like parts of the story were missing. I reread a lot of sections to try and find how we went from one point to another, and there was no connection. I also didn't really understand what happened at the end. This was not a good introduction to Cornwell's new main character, Win Garano.

Very easy to read change from Scarpetta, but it lacked the punch. It was an ok read, but if there are any more in the series, I wouldn't rush to read them.

This book is a compilation of a serial story written for the New York Times Magazine....and it shows. I felt like I was reading that first draft. In these days of ghost written franchises (Robert Ludlum, Lawrence Saunders) At Risk doesn't read quite like a Cornwell work; I found myself re-reading sentences that didn't make sense the first time through. Makes me wonder.

Ok, so this is the 1st book in the Winston Garano series by Patricia Cornwell and, I should have read it first Lol Win "Geronimo" Garano is a Mass. State Police investigator, who works for the D.A.'s office and more specifically for D.A. Monique Lamont. In this book Monique is attacked in her own home raped and set up to be killed and her home burned. Win comes in the nick of time and saves her from being killed and her home burned. In the course of the book Win who has been sent to Tennessee for more training gets told by D.A. Lamont to try to solve a 20 yr old murder committed in Tennessee...fast paced good book...A bit different from Ms. Cornwell's Scarpetta novels and worth the read.

2.5/5.0 - A non-Kay Scarpetta mystery/crime book by Patricia Cornwall, nothing special, just a quick read. Written in 2006, this looked like it might be the start of a new series, but only one more was ever published. Apparently the female DA, running for governor and the handsome, quirky African-American investigator generated enough interest that a Lifetime movie was made from the book, though perhaps that was the motivation behind it all along. Not one of Cornwall's best efforts. The plot was convoluted, the characters were underdeveloped, and it left me wanting more, but not in a good way.
Pop Sugar #23: A book with something broken on the cover
Book 64 of 2021

Difficilmente do una stellina ad un libro, ma questo proprio ne merita addirittura mezza.
Mi domando dove sia finita la Patricia Cornwell della brillante Kay Scarpetta...
Un libro senza capo ne coda, un cold case, caso irrisolto di parecchi anni addietro, tirato in ballo per affari poco leciti.
Scrittura così così, unica nota di pregio il fatto di essere corto, per cui si legge in un attimo, anche solo per sapere dove l'autrice vuol andar a parare.
Delusione totale per una scrittrice che amavo.
Sconsigliato.

I've read a lot of reviews of this book, and I don't see what people's problem is. I enjoyed the story, and I thought the characters were fairly well drawn. My favorite is the tarot wielding nana. It was a quick and pleasant read.

I was in the mood for a light bon bon of a book to help me through a miserable cough/cold/allergy/ whatever and this did the trick. Entertaining characters, Machiavellian plot, a smattering of forensics—all good.

if you love pat you will love this

Win Garano is called away from a course of the National Forensic Academy to work a twenty-year-old murder case. His book, the district attorney is planning to run for governor.

Interesting characters with an interesting plot. Mix politics with mystery and you have a good story.

It did take me a little bit to get into this story and I had to really pay attention to stay with it. I did like the main character, which made the story for me.