Hi, all.
Patricia Cornwell's Andy Brazil novels....
I started my first Cornwell novel at the weekend - Hornet's Nest - and I'm glad to report that I 'm finding it a marvelous read [those fans who posted reviews of it on Amazon UK seemed mostly to hate, though.]
Anyway, it's more of a police procedural story - not much forensics, here - with lots of characters who are either down on their luck, or envious of other people's lives. Much of the story is set in the rougher areas of town [this being Charlotte, North Carolina], and the three main police characters all had to drag themselves up by their bootstraps to make their mark in society. [Makes a change from the characters in some detective novels who've had sheltered and cossted middle-class upbringings, yet are constantly whingeing about how life sucks and how unfair everything is. Sheesh.]
Oh, and I think it's extremely well written - often with cutting comments and insights delivered in just a few words.
I have the other two books in the series, Southern Cross and Isle of Dogs. I'm definitely looking forward to reading them. Hope I like the forensic books, too, once I'm done with these Andy Brazil stories :0)
Rob.