Deze serie volgt de reis van een jonge verslaggever die politieagent wordt, samen met zijn collega's in North Carolina en Virginia. Het duikt in de dynamiek tussen politiechefs, hulpen en beginnende agenten die de complexiteit van wetshandhaving doorgronden. Elke aflevering biedt boeiende onderzoeken en een inkijkje in de levens van degenen die gerechtigheid in hun gemeenschap handhaven.
Patricia Cornwell turns from forensics to police procedures in Hornet's Nest. The gritty, heroic life of big-city police is seen through the eyes of three leading crimefighters from Charlotte, North Carolina--Police Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Chief Virginia West, and ambitious young reporter Andy Brazil.
Una strage, percepita con chiarezza nel suo nefasto profilarsi, scuote la sensibilità di tre abili poliziotti. Per sventarla occorre trovare il nesso fra un atto vandalico ai danni della statua del presidente della Confederazione americana Jefferson Davis, un oscuro sabotaggio informatico e il brutale assassionio di un'anziana donna. Con quello che si rivelerà l'incarico più difficile della sua carriera, Judy Hammer, ex comandante della polizia di Charlotte, è giunta a Richmond per mettere ordine nella complessa trama malavitosa della città. Aiutata dal fedele vicecomandante Virginia Weste dal giovane agente Andy Brazil, la Hammer deve però fare i conti con la diffidenza delle autorità locali e sfidare l'attentatore a scoprirsi.
Patricia Cornwell’s novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. Now, with this #1 New York Times bestselling novel, she outdoes herself, with a wry tale of life and turmoil behind the blue wall. Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways, and warns that speeders will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. But the eccentric island of Tangier, fourteen miles off the coast of Virginia in Chesapeake Bay, responds by declaring war on its own state. Judy Hammer, newly installed as the superintendent of the Virginia State Police, and Andy Brazil, a state trooper and Hammer’s right hand and confidant, find themselves at their wits’ end as they try to protect the public from the politicians—and vice versa—in this pitch-perfect, darkly comic romp.