From the National Forensic Academy to a Local Case – Thriller Book Review

Source by Lance Winslow

If you love suspense thrillers, and love it when you find one that you just cannot put down then perhaps, I might recommend an excellent book to you? One in which politics, crime, investigative work, are twisted and turned, interwoven with expense and intrigue, which will have you on the edge of your seat for some 300 pages. Seriously, it is that good, and the book is:

“At Risk” by Patricia Cornwell; Berkley Books, New York, NY; 2006, ISBN: 978-0-425-21476-3

First, I’d surely like to recommend a few other books to you by Patricia Cornwell; Predators, Blow Fly, and Trace. Cornwell is a superb writer of suspenseful and thriller type novels, and has earned the right to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list multiple times, almost to the point now that every new book produced will end up there; perhaps a king of the genre or at least one of the few greats.

Although most do not like descriptive-ness of her writing, no one can deny the pure literary talent behind those words and visual imagery. In this book an investigator is attending the National Forensic Academy finds himself summoned back to Massachusetts by the District Attorney, who just happens to be running for governor. Part of the platform of this politician is an initiative to bring DNA into criminal investigations.

To prove this can be done, He is assigned a 29-year old case, which has gone completely unsolved. Imagine the pressure and the problems associated with this. About this time all hell breaks lose. Please consider reading this.