Isle of Dogs

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The number-one-bestselling author of Hornet's Nest and Southern Cross delivers an irreverent portrait of politically driven law enforcement run amok. Patrícia Cornwell's novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. "Move over, Carl Hiaasen, you Ve got company," the San Francisco Examiner warned. "Patrícia Cornwell has switched to Hiaasen's world of black humor and nearly conquers it." USA Today concurred: "Cornwell has coined a new penny." With Isle of Dogs, 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 ofTangier, 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... Tovább

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The number-one-bestselling author of Hornet's Nest and Southern Cross delivers an irreverent portrait of politically driven law enforcement run amok. Patrícia Cornwell's novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. "Move over, Carl Hiaasen, you Ve got company," the San Francisco Examiner warned. "Patrícia Cornwell has switched to Hiaasen's world of black humor and nearly conquers it." USA Today concurred: "Cornwell has coined a new penny." With Isle of Dogs, 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 ofTangier, 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. With a Swiftian eye for the absurd, and deadaccurate aim on her targets, Cornwell delivers another knowing story of the lives of the men and women in blue. Vissza