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The Front Hardcover – Jan. 1 2008

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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 Cornwell's 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. Here's hoping we'll see more of Win, Monique, Nana and Sykes in the coming years. They are the best characters to emerge from Cornwell's 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 Garano's 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, she's 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 don't have to be so dependent on the state-much to Lamont's anger. He senses a much deeper agenda here-but he has no idea just how deep it goes. In the days that follow, he'll find that Lamont's task, and the places it leads him, will resemble a house of mirrors-everywhere he turns, he's not quite sure if what he's 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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  7. ISBN-10
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At the start of this weak sequel to 2006's At Risk from bestseller Cornwell, Monique Lamont, a politically ambitious D.A., uses a speech at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., to launch an implausible anticrime initiative she's labeled No Neighbor Left Behind ("The decline of neighborhoods is potentially as destructive as global warming"). Lamont orders her main investigator, Win Garano, to reopen the case of a blind English woman, Janie Brolin, murdered in Watertown in 1962. Lamont suspects Brolin may have been the first victim of the notorious Boston Strangler. For reasons that Lamont fails to coherently articulate, solving this crime will galvanize the public into caring about crime in general. Not incidentally, it will also bolster her chances of ascending to greater power. Lamont's irresponsible approach to her job may strike some readers as bizarre, while Garano's ambivalence about his boss adds little to his appeal. The unsophisticated depiction of power politics (e.g., Lamont suggests to the governor of Massachusetts that solving Brolin's murder will make him Time magazine's man of the year) is not what the legions of Kay Scarpetta fans have come to expect.
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About the Author

Patricia Cornwell is the Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy. Her most recent bestsellers include Book of the Dead, At Risk, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper-Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem-the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year-and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel in 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Putnam Pub Group; First Edition (Jan. 1 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399154183
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399154188
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 340 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.68 x 2.08 x 21.54 cm
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In 1990, Patricia Cornwell sold her first novel, Postmortem, while working at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond, Virginia. An auspicious debut, it went on to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity Awards as well as the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize—the first book ever to claim all these distinctions in a single year. Growing into an international phenomenon, the Scarpetta series won Cornwell the Sherlock Award for best detective created by an American author, the Gold Dagger Award, the RBA Thriller Award, and the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters for her contributions to literary and artistic development.

Today, Cornwell’s novels and iconic characters are known around the world. Beyond the Scarpetta series, Cornwell has written the definitive nonfiction account of Jack the Ripper’s identity, cookbooks, a children’s book, a biography of Ruth Graham, and two other fictional series based on the characters Win Garano and Andy Brazil. While writing Quantum, Cornwell spent two years researching space, technology, and robotics at Captain Calli Chase’s home base, NASA’s Langley Research Center, and studied cutting-edge law enforcement and security techniques with the Secret Service, the US Air Force, NASA Protective Services, Scotland Yard, and Interpol.

Cornwell was born in Miami. She grew up in Montreat, North Carolina, and now lives and works in Boston and Los Angeles.

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diva
3.0 out of 5 stars review
Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2014
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Found it too dry - didn't get very interesting until near the end. Have always enjoyed her previous books but this one not so much.
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Anakina
4.0 out of 5 stars A new case for Win Garano
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2014
My review of this novel is perfectly interchangeable with the previous one of this series, "At risk."
The pattern is exactly the same: an unsolved murder case from the past and a case that involves somehow, unexpectedly, the prosecuting attorney Monique Lamont. The main protagonists are always the same. The times in which the story unfolds match. There is again a female secondary character, who somehow assists Garano although she should not or would not do it.
In both cases, the story is told in a concise and fast-paced way, in order to constantly stimulate the reader's interest.
The best way to enjoy the novel is to read it in a short period of time, also to avoid the risk of forgetting the important details scattered throughout the pages.
In any case it is a great detective story, which deviates from the macabre (morbid) style of Scarpetta's novels and opens to a public loving classic crime stories, in which you put the clues together, you make assumptions and get to a solution.

Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli, author of  Red Desert - Point of No Return
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Émilie
2.0 out of 5 stars Déjà vu
Reviewed in Canada on March 10, 2009
Why is that that so many bestsellers authors seem to take their inspiration in the work of other bestsellers authors ? Although I like K. Reich, I always disliked the close resemblance of her Brennan main character to Cornwell's Scarpetta. Now, I have come to dislike the obvious similarities between Cornwell's Win "Geronimo" character and Patterson's Cross, not to mention the grandmother who raised them both. Unfortunately, this time, Cornwell's personage is a lot les interesting and less coherent than Cross and although he is meant to be a nice enough guy, he certainly is not pictured clearly nor finely enough for the reader to connect very much with him. And, for the record, why do so many characters share names or nicknames ? Geronimo easily brings to mind Connely's Hyeronimus Bosch while Win takes us back to Coben's Win, the zen and high society psychopath who befriends Myron Bolitar, the main character. IS there a recipe to success that includes a 20 item names list ?

I did not like the book for the characters are shallow, the story thin and the whole plot, rushed into an ill-fitted ending. The book is 175 pages long but, yet, many parts of it are stretched to the point that the book sort of starts around page 100! I used to love Cornwell's books but this one was a strong disappointment. Another one like this and she won't be on my "buy" list anymore.
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Patricia M. Waddell
4.0 out of 5 stars The Front
Reviewed in Canada on April 3, 2009
Patricia Cornwell is a favorite of mine and has been for years. I followed her throught all her Kay Scarpetta novels and loved them.
The Front takes us to new characters bright and bold. I read it in almost a day. My only complaint is I wanted more. Hope she brings out another in this serious soon.
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Story diva
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed in thes book
Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2012
I was eager to read another of her books but was so disappointed in this release. I think the Win series is going nowhere. Wish had to read reviews before I spent money.
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Y. Franche
1.0 out of 5 stars The Front
Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2008
I was extremely disappointed in The Front, Patricia Cornwell's latest book. It certainly was not up to her old standards. I have read and enjoyed all the books that she has written, and in my opinion, Patricia Cornwell dropped the ball on this one. The story line was extremely boring and it didn't really lead anywhere.

Let's hope that her next book will more than make up for this flop.
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escape317k
5.0 out of 5 stars Patricia Cornwall is a great writeryou into her characters
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
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Patricia Cornwall is a great writer , she gets you into her characters and their environments.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2023
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Jilly Lycett
5.0 out of 5 stars The Front
Reviewed in Australia on January 12, 2023
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Good character in Win Garano. Repellent character in Monique Lamont—makes me want to not read any more of the series if written. Mind you Lucy in the Scarpetta books was repellent too...
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Odette
4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2015
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Really enjoyed this book although I must say I nearly didn't buy it because of the many negative reviews. Just goes to show you have to read it for yourself, your cup of tea may not be someone else's.

I found the main character Win Garano very likeable, the plot moved along at a very readable pace. All in all I enjoyed it, give it a go you may too.
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Dr. Kathleen Olsson Nelson
4.0 out of 5 stars Brief but compelling story
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2008
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I was surprised that the book was so brief. The story itself is about a 40 year old cold case, which seems de rigueur these days in view of several TV shows that address this topic. It is somewhat interesting, but not up to Patricia's usual nail biter fare. For me, the primary focus seemed to be upon District Attorney Monique Lamont and her maddening personality and somewhat warped character. The lead Detective Win Garano, assigned to Lamont's agenda laden cold case investigation, is characterized as a self absorbed narcissist whose focus is upon "looking good". He does this by haunting second hand stores in search of used designer apparel and accessories. He is petulant, resentful and carries a huge chip on his shoulder. He seems both hero and nemesis for Lamont which is a nice twist.

I was very amused by the hardball, very sharp dialog between Lamont and Governor Mather when they played "politics" after her U-Tube videos appeared. It was so real I felt like I was in the room hearing it. Cornwell definitely excels at crisp dialog. Political maneuvering seemed to be the backbone of this story. How true to life!

Intriguing puzzle: Is Win a lover or a hater of Monique? There is an overtly seductive element in his conflicted feelings toward her. It is clearest when he and Lamont are together in a companionable yet edgy manner while dining at the Harvard Faculty Club. As the book ended I was left to wonder what happened to Scotland Yard's suspicion that Lamont is funding a terrorist organization under the guise of a Romanian Orphanage? Will this become clear in her next book in this new series? I like this yummy notion of nailing nasty Monique Lamont.

I love Patricia Cornwell's writing and I definitely look forward to her next novel about Kay Scarpetta coming in October. I hope it resolves the issue around Marino who disappeared in her last book.
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