Hornets Nest (Andy Brazil #1)

NY: Putnam, 1996. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 377 pp. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. Book design by Barysarah Quinn. DJ design #14600 by M. G. Guidon, Bell Visions Production. Jacket illustration by Walter Harper. Photo of author c 1995 by John Earle. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. 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. Source: Publisher.