Hornet's Nest

About this book

The creator of Kay Scarpetta, the most fascinating character in contemporary crime fiction, now cunningly reveals the heart and soul of a metropolitan police department.

With Charlotte as her simmering background, she propels us into the core of the force through the lives of a dynamic trio of heroes: Andy Brazil, an ambitious younger reporter for The Charlotte Observer and an eager - sometimes too eager-volunteer cop; Police Chief Judy Hammer, the professionally strong yet personally troubled guardian of Charlotte's law and order; and her deputy chief, Virginia West, a genuine head-turner who is married to her job.

To walk the beat with Hammer, West, and Brazil is to learn the inner secrets of police work - the tension and the tedium, the hilarity and the heartbreak, the unexpected pump of adrenaline and the rush of courage that can lead to heroics ... or death.

Subjects

• charlotte (n.c.) -- fiction
• enquêtes criminelles
• fiction
• fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
• forensic pathologists, fiction
• hammer, judy (fictitious character), fiction
• large type books
• meurtres en série
• north carolina, fiction
• police
• police -- north carolina -- charlotte -- fiction
• policewomen
• reporters and reporting
• reporters and reporting -- fiction
• romans, nouvelles
• scarpetta, kay (fictitious character), fiction
• virginia, fiction