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Hornet's Nest

By: Patricia Cornwell
Narrated by: Lorelei King
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Deputy Chief Virginia West likes her boss. But when a number of visiting businessmen are murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims bright orange, she objects to his edict that a rookie reporter accompany her on patrol.

©1997 Patricia Cornwell (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime
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As already noted this is nothing like the Scarpetta novels. A slow burn, it is character driven and gives a picture of the day to day trials and tribulations of policing. The plot is incidental but gives us insight into the characters. It's sad and funny in equal measure.
If you want something a bit different which is both realistic and eccentric give it a go. I enjoyed it.

Quirky

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I was a little disappointed with this book after checking out some of the reviews on goodreads. If I’d have checked out reviews on audible first I might not have bothered with it. I’m not saying it was bad, but it was very drawn out to say the least, especially through the middle third of the book which jumped about from one character to another and was mostly irrelevant to the main storyline. In fact the main storyline sort of took a back seat throughout the book and there could have been so much more development of the black widow character rather than wasting time in over developing the protagonists, a lot of which had no relevance to the story. I usually like fast paced, edge of seat, suspenseful thrillers. This is none of the above! I might give Patricia Cornwall another go due to the review that says this is nothing like her other books but if I hadn’t seen that I definitely wouldn’t go back in a hurry!

Slow paced, drawn out and a bit boring

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At their wonderful BEST! These two make Audible a wonderful way to take in good books.

Cromwell and King combining

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So miss the old greatness of Patricia Cornwells books. skipped a fair bit just to get to the end.

Not Great, Missing a Spark

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This was totally different to my expectations. A quirky novel that requires perseverance to listen through, but totally worth it at the end! Kept me guessing by introducing side plots which eventually fall into place.

Life in a small town

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