Little, Brown, UK, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 181 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Little, Brown, UK, 2008. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for gift inscription in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Massachusetts State Investigator Win Garano is given one of his most challenging cases yet when he is asked to investigate the death of a young British woman murdered more than forty years ago. Assumed to be a victim of the Boston Strangler, blind Janie Brolin was raped and left for dead in 1962. With no DNA and sketchy police records, this is a case that will test Garano to his limits. It will take him on a journey through the archives, into the latest innovations in forensic technology, and into partnership with senior officers at London's New Scotland Yard. And as Garano unearths deadly secrets from the past, his hard-nosed boss Monique Lamont is putting both their lives in jeopardy with her lust for power and success. With past and present colliding, the tension mounts with every page... *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN/EAN: 9781408700518. Inventory No: 13080222.. 9781408700518

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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, onique, 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 noidea 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 ifwhat 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.

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Bookseller: Manyhills Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13080222
Title: The Front - Win Garano Series
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1408700514
ISBN 13: 9781408700518
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: UK
Date Published: 2008
Keywords: BZDB5 Fiction; The Front - Win Garano Series
Bookseller catalogs: Crime; Fiction;

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