A rischio

by Patricia Cornwell, Annamaria Biavasco (Translator)

Overview

Il detective Winston Garano, collaboratore dell'affascinante procuratore del Massachusetts, Monique Lamont, viene chiamato d'urgenza per indagare su un omicidio irrisolto avvenuto vent'anni prima nel Tennessee, avvalendosi di un nuovo progetto investigativo, "A Rischio", che utilizza le tecniche più recenti di trattamento del dna. Ma nella mente del detective Garano qualcosa non quadra: perché è stato scelto proprio lui? Perché indagare su un omicidio avvenuto in un altro Stato e per di più così lontano nel tempo? E soprattutto, c'è un collegamento fra l'incarico che ha appena ricevuto e la brutale aggressione di cui è appena rimasta vittima il procuratore distrettuale? Quello che all'apparenza sembra solo un vecchio caso da risolvere sfruttando le moderne tecnologie scientifiche si rivela a mano a mano un mostro dalle molte teste, una complessa trama di poteri, dai risvolti inimmaginabili, in cui il detective Garano, e non solo lui, rischia di rimanere tragicamente coinvolto.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788852013874
Publisher:	MONDADORI
Publication date:	10/07/2010
Series:	Win Garano Series , #1
Sold by:	ARNOLDO MONDADORI - EBKS
Format:	eBook
File size:	471 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Patricia Cornwell writes crime fiction from an unusually informed point of view. While many writers are, as she says, conjuring up "fantasy" assumptions regarding what really goes into tracking criminals and examining crime scenes, Cornwell really does walk the walk, which is why her novels ring so true.

Before becoming one of the most widely recognized, respected, and read writers in contemporary crime fiction, she worked as a police reporter for The Charlotte Observer and as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia. During this period of her life, Cornwell observed literally hundreds of autopsies. While the vast majority of people would surely regard such work unsavory beyond belief, Cornwell was acquiring valuable information that would not only help her write the groundbreaking 2002 study Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed but would also enrich her fiction with uncommon authenticity.

"Most of these crime scene shows... are what I call `Harry Potter' policing," she said in a candid, heated interview. "They're absolutely fantasy. And the problem is the general public watches these, 60 million people a week or whatever, and they think what they're seeing is true." If Cornwell comes off as a bit vehement in her criticism of television shows meant to simply entertain, that's just because she takes her work so seriously.

Not that Cornwell's novels are ever anything short of entertaining, even if their grisly details may require extra-strong stomachs of her readers. She has created a tremendously well-defined and complex character in her favorite fictional crime solver Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell introduced medical examiner Scarpetta in her first novel, Postmortem in 1990. Today, Scarpetta is still cracking cases and cracking open cadavers. (She has even inspired a cook book called Food to Die For: Secrets from Kay Scarpetta's Kitchen.) In addition, Cornwell writes more lighthearted cop capers in her Andy Brazil & Judy Hammer series.

Hometown:

Boston, MA and New York, NY

Date of Birth:

June 9, 1956

Place of Birth:

Miami, Florida

Education:

B.A. in English, Davidson College, 1979; King College

Website:

http://www.patriciacornwell.com