At Risk

At Risk by Patricia Cornwell

Finished September 26th, 2007

Rating: 3/10

Medical Mystery Madness Challenge Book #4




From the Publisher
A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, an attractive but hard-charging woman, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk, its motto "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ some cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found it in a twenty-year-old murder - in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, they'll all end up looking pretty good, right?" Her investigator is not so sure - not sure about anything to do with this woman, really - but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only their lives but the lives of everyone around them as well. It is not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed ... and they're about to get much worse.

What a disappointment this book was. The plot was non-existent and there was no character development which led me to not care for any of the characters. I read this for the Medical Mystery Challenge as I thought it was part of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series but it wasn't. It technically wasn't a medical mystery however they did mention DNA a couple of times in the book so I am going to go ahead and count it towards the challenge. I would advise others to skip this one.