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false <![CDATA[The Front (Winston Garano, #2)]]> 3128819 20 The audacious new adventure of the At Risk team from America's #1 bestselling crime writer. When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying: - At Risk is Cornwell's finest novel. It works in every way possible - fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose - (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); "Absolutely the best. Here's hoping we'll see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwell's creative pen since . . . well, Kay Scarpetta" (The Denver Post). At Risk featured Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race background and a notinconsiderable chip on his shoulder; District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a troubling willingness to cut corners; and Garano's grandmother, who has certain unpredictable talents that you ignore at your peril. And in The Front, peril is what comes to them all. D.A. Lamont has a special job for Garano. As part of a new public relations campaign about the dangers of declining neighborhoods, she's sending him to Watertown to "come up with a drama," and she thinks she knows just the case that will serve. Garano is very skeptical, because he knows that Watertown is also the home base for a loose association of municipal police departments called the FRONT, set up in order that they don't have to be so dependent on the state - much to Lamont's anger. He senses a much deeper agenda here-but he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, he'll find that Lamont's task, and the places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrors - everywhere he turns, he's not quite sure if what he's seeing is true. "Falsehoods rule," warns his grandmother. And they can also kill. This is the master writing at the absolute top of her game. You will never guess what lies behind The Front. 3702097 20 5 2008 The Front (Winston Garano, #2) total:878|5:82|4:150|3:301|2:240|1:105| 878 2498 1371 214 4 1 false false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 19:57:14 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 20:02:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:08:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:54:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Mar 17 15:48:20 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 15:52:21 -0700 2009
The plot construction is very clever and, as in th...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:45:53 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:46:01 -0700 2009
Since the "At Risk" series meant a new set of characters and a possible fresh start, I gave both of the books a try ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:17:56 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:23:10 -0800 2009
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Part II of reading and the conclusion of book: After getting to the middle of the book; it finally became suspenseful for me; however, it dropped off considerable towards th...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 05:32:02 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 03:20:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 16:42:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 16:47:52 -0700 2008
I liked "Geronimo" and I know I liked his grandmother! I would certainly like to read about her again! "Stump" was an admirable character as well but I'm not sure I cared much for the others.

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I've seen this happen with several authors now. Maybe the author gets tired of her main chara...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:01:12 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:06:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 00:12:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 01:24:11 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 23 01:07:13 -0700 2008 Sat May 30 23:39:26 -0700 2009 Trace in 2004. Since then I have, very occasionally, wondered whether ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3110116