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| The Front | 
| Author: Patricia Cornwell
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  221 reviews
Sales Rank: 1696
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0399154183
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154188
ASIN: 0399154183
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
The audacious new adventure of the At Risk team from Americas #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 Cornwells 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. Heres hoping well see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwells 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 Garanos 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, shes 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 dont have to be so dependent on the statemuch to Lamonts anger. He senses a much deeper agenda herebut he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, hell find that Lamonts task, and the places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrorseverywhere he turns, hes not quite sure if what hes 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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 once again, another disappointment November 25, 2008
I hesitated to read this book as her recent novels were so boring, and I was right. I really couldn't get past the first few chapters. Characters are uninteresting, plot(?) is boring, and I couln't figure out where the book was going. Ms. Cornwell is just relying on her name to sell her recent books, if indeed she's really writing them. Save your money, don't buy this book and borrow it from the library like I did.
 Not Cornwell's Best November 24, 2008
I have read many of Patricia Cornwell's books but I could not make
it through this one even if it is a short novel. It just did not hold my attention as with other books of hers. Many of the other works were the "hard to put down" books but not this particular one.
 Can't Wait to read November 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Looking forward to reading this - purchased several Cornwell books and reading them in order of date published. Excellent author!
THE FRONT October 30, 2008
The Front
WOULDN'T REGARD THIS AS ONE OF CORNWELL'S BETTER EFFORTS
IT'S A READ BUT NOTHING SPECTACULAR.
I'm so relieved October 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought it was just me. But when I finished the book and read the other reviews, I was relieved to learn that I wasn't the only one totally bored and not happy with this book. I also used to love everything Patricia Cornwell wrote. But this book was a huge yawn. I skimmed it just to get it over with. And I rarely do that. I don't like to give up on a book, hoping that it gets better later in the book. But this one was boring from the first page to the end.
I'm relieved I'm done with it. I'm sorry I purchased it and wasted the money. But I'm happy I can now move on to another more exciting (I can only hope) book.
I used to like the character Raggedy Ann. Takes on a whole new meaning now. :)
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