Hornet's Nest

Patricia Cornwell

Deputy Chief Virginia West has a mood to match the heat in the city of Charlotte. Another out-of-town business man has been found murdered in his hire car and West is ordered to escort Andy Brazil, a rookie reporter on the local paper. And there are other causes for her increased nicotine intake: departmental in-fighting, court appearances and a never-ending stream of burglaries, busts and bodies.

Little, Brown