At Risk, Patricia Cornwell
At Risk, Patricia Cornwell
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At Risk

Author: Patricia Cornwell

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/23/2006

Synopsis

A Massachusetts state investigator 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?

Her investigator is not 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 not only both their lives but 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.

Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound-this is the master working at the top of her game.View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.

About Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is a Miami born, contemporary crime novelist. Her books usually feature the heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who is a medical examiner. After a way sad childhood, Cornwall graduated from Davidson College with a degree in English. She wrote a biography of a family friend entitled, “A Time for Remembering”, then renamed “Ruth, A Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham” in 1983. After working in a Virginia medical examiners for six years, she wrote the first installment of her “Scarpetta” series entitled “Postmortem”. Her six year job was valuable in including a lot of forensic science details in her “Scarpetta” series. Her novels are considered to have influenced the creation of the TV series on forensics such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cold Case. In the same vein Cornwell made a brief appearance on the Criminal Minds episode “True Genius”, as herself.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Carolyn on 2007-07-04 11:29:14

Patricia Cornwell is a brilliant writer and I have learned a lot about forensics by reading her books. Her characters are not exactly endearing which is why I can't love her books. AT RISK introduces us to a new set of characters to dislike. the only exception is Win's grandmother, a psychic, who gave the book a little more heart than in most of her novels. Delma Sykes also seems promising and her work in Tennessee on the cold case is the most interesting part of the book. I also had a hard time accepting the At Risk program which seemed to somehow magically create a forensics profile of ethnic origin and why someone in Boston would absolutely need it to win an election. It just seemed too unbelievable. I thought Win was a total idiot to get himself involved with that awful Monique and their 'romance' seemed contrived. The best thing I can say about AT RISK is that it is only 281 pages long so you can get through it quickly and move on to something better. If this is the first in a new series I am nto sure I will want to read the rest.

Goodreads review by Sharon on January 12, 2023

At Risk by Patricia Cornwell is the first book in the Winston Garano series and I think this could be the first book I’ve read by this author. I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for such a long time, so I thought it was about time to read it. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 16, 2009

At one time, her Kay Scarpetta books were some of the best mystery/thriller fiction around... and then they grew dark & nasty & mean - and I stopped reading them. Since the "At Risk" series meant a new set of characters and a possible fresh start, I gave both of the books a try this weekend. I'm sad......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 18, 2017

I've read a lot of reviews of this book, and I don't see what people's problem is. I enjoyed the story, and I thought the characters were fairly well drawn. My favorite is the tarot wielding nana. It was a quick and pleasant read.......more

Goodreads review by Randy on February 17, 2018

Win Garano is called away from a course of the National Forensic Academy to work a twenty-year-old murder case. His book, the district attorney is planning to run for governor. Interesting characters with an interesting plot. Mix politics with mystery and you have a good story. It did take me a little......more

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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

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