ISLE OF DOGS by Patricia Cornwell - FIRST EDITION BOOK
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Brazil and Hammer are off to Richmond, Virginia, to clean up
yet another police precinct troubled by all manner of corruption,
bureaucracy, and “helpful” politicians and public officials.
There they
find a dim-witted governor with a deranged plan to distract his
constituents from real problems by setting up bogus speed traps
throughout the state. When the first trap is planted on Tangier Island
-- even though there are virtually no cars on the small, isolated, isle
-- the outraged locals take their dentist hostage, secede from the
Commonwealth, and declare civil war. And that’s just the start of the
crazed, crime-ridden days ahead, as Brazil and Hammer struggle to
maintain order while contending with nasty local politicking, a fickle
and panicked public, and a government gone deliriously haywire.
This wry, witty, and knowing look at the behind-the-scenes turmoil
of police departments -- and the lives of men and women in blue -- once
again showcases Cornwell's darkly comic talents. Those talents may be
less familiar to the legions of Kay Scarpetta fans out there, but they
are no less powerful.
