Southern Cross

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Summary: SOUTHERN CROSS------NEARLY A LOSS!!!
Review: This was very different from the Scarpetta books. It was not what I expected, from reading the fly page I thought it would be about cleaning up a police force with the good officers finally overcoming the bad ones. The book is really about a small time hood and his sorry gang. Smoke is the so called leader. He does very small crimes then he ends up killing and older lady. The last few pages describe how he is caught. To me it does not deal with cleaning up a police force. If you have read other Cornwell books I think you will be not like this one.

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Summary: Not her best
Review: I have read all of Cornwell's book and this was the worst.

Rating:
Summary: not her best
Review: I just finished reading this book and was glad when I was through. It was slow and even boring in some parts. Nothing even happened until the book was 3/4 finished. I only finished the book because I wanted to see if the killer was caught. I have read all of her books and this one was at the botton of the list. I was very disapointed in this book. Not worth reading.

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Summary: Not what I expected, but entertaining!
Review: I read this without having read reviews (I probably wouldn't have if I'd seen the reviews), and enjoyed it throughly. No, it's not her usual work, but I read it after a really horrible three days at work, and couldn't put it down. What a hoot! Other people have worse days than I do! Especially interesting since Richmond and those who live and work therein are familiar territory! Enjoy it NOT as usual Cornwell material!

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Summary: Different
Review: After reading the reviews I almost didn't read the book. I have to admit though; I enjoyed it. It is not Patricia Cornwell's usual type of writing, but it is still worth reading. This book has a little of everything, suspense, romance, and most of all humor. I especially like the part where Passman had her showdown with Rhoad.

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Summary: A subpar effort from Cornwell
Review: A fan of Cornwell's earlier works, I was greatly disappointed. This book is bad, plain and simple. Don't even think about reading it. It's another example of how successful authors put in less work with each successive book. VERY BAD!

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Summary: Lousey, awful, terrible, stinks...
Review: I was going to write a review but I see others have said it all. Did anyone mention half the book was list of things (guns, tools, exercises etc.)She gave us names of things without ever giving the feeling she knew what she was talking about.

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Summary: Most of the facts are wrong, proof-reader should be fired
Review: The author should have bought Web-sites for Dummies as most of the computer stuff is completely wrong. Also there are many mistakes that the proof-reader should have corrected. Very little of the story ties together, as another reviewer mentions the attempts at humor just don't work. The complete bungling done by these supposed professional police earned them the resentment. I finished plowing through it as I was on an airplane and had run out of other things to read. Reading mindless trash on an airplane is OK, but this doesn't even make that grade.

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Summary: This was junk!
Review: I am a huge fan of Patricia Cornwell and have read all her books. This book was one of the worst books that I have ever tried to read. Everything about it was just bad (plot, characters, etc). I can not think of one redeeming factor. My advice is to skip it altogether.

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Summary: Southern Cross To Bear
Review: This book was so bad - it could achieve some type of cult status. Thank goodness, at the eleventh hour, she came up with that Azalea Parade and those wonderfully shallow manipulations that resulted in every character known to man being in attendance. Avoid this book at all costs, unless you are teaching writing by exposing students to bad literature.