Book description
Chaos breaks loose when the Governor of Virginia orders that speed
traps be installed on all streets and highways, and warns that motorists
will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric
inhabitants of Tangier, fourteen miles off the coast of Virginia in the
Chesapeake Bay, respond by threatening to secede and set up an
independent state, claiming that their independence lies in the history
of America's first settlers, those who set sail from London's Isle of
Dogs in 1607. Judy Hammer, newly installed as the superintendent of
Virginia State Police, and Andy Brazil, state trooper and Hammer's right
hand confidant, find themselves at their wit's end as they try to
protect the public from the politician's and vice versa in this
pitch-perfect, darkly comic romp. With a Swiftian eye for the absurd and
a deadly accurate aim on her targets, Cornwell has created another
knowing story about real life policing. Visit the author's own website
at patricia-cornwell. com Patricia Cornwell divides her time between
Richmond, Virginia and New York. She has won numerous awards for her
ground-breaking Dr Kay Scarpetta series. She has helped to establish the
Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine and serves as its
Chairman of the Board.
