Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell (1999, Hardcover, Prebinding)

Police Chief Judy Hammer has been brought in to clean up a police department in Richmond, Virginia which is riddled with scandals and corruption. While trying to do her job, scandal and robberies escalate to murder. This book scrutinizes the abilities of Police Chief Hammer and the job of her life, cleaning up the “boys in blue.” Patricia Cornwell is a talented author with the ability to keeping readers page turning till the wee hours of the morning. In todays market, filled with books with this type of theme, it is refreshing to find an author such as Cornwell that can put a fresh spin on things that keep you on the edge of your seat with her unique talent for narrative story telling.