At Risk (Win Garano Series #1)

by Patricia Cornwell

Overview

Sparks fly and twists abound in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling crime author Patricia Cornwell.

Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's 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 cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she’s found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?

Win isn't 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 both their lives and the lives of everyone around them. It's 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101205785
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/23/2006
Series:	Win Garano , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	57,990
File size:	355 KB

About the Author

Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 with Postmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. Ms. Cornwell's work is translated into 36 languages across more than 50 countries.

Hometown:

Boston, MA and New York, NY

Date of Birth:

June 9, 1956

Place of Birth:

Miami, Florida

Education:

B.A. in English, Davidson College, 1979; King College

Website:

http://www.patriciacornwell.com

Read an Excerpt

An autumn storm has pounded Cambridge all day and is set to play a violent encore into the night. Lightning sears and thunder startles as Winston Garano (“Win” or “Geronimo” most people call him) strides through the dusk along the eastern border of Harvard Yard.
(Continues…)

---

Excerpted from "At Risk"
by .
Copyright © 2007 Patricia Cornwell.
Excerpted by permission of Penguin Publishing Group.
All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.

---

Editorial Reviews

Praise for At Risk

“Highly entertaining…fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  
“…a tautly plotted story with solid characters, sharp dialogue and a nice handful of twists…”—The Denver Post
 
“Cornwell skillfully blends her characters’ personal and professional lives into a thriller that is neither predictable nor mundane.”—The Canadian Press

 “Scary.”—The Boston Globe

From the Publisher

When Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is called home from forensic training in Knoxville to take on DA Monique Lamont’s new crime-solving initiative, he is annoyed--until a shocking crime plunges him onto a tangled path to solve cases both old and new. Kate Reading narrates with a strength and immediacy well suited to this novel and its characters. The DA’s biting sarcasm and Win’s frustrations are voiced resolutely. Sikes, the Knoxville investigator drawn into the case, is characterized with an expert regional accent. Reading’s ability to pinpoint the story’s emotions helps overcome the novel’s shortcomings and should help make it less of a disappointment for Cornwell fans. M.A.M. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

OCT/NOV 06 - AudioFile