Search - Southern Cross (Andy Brazil, Bk 2)

I'm halfway thru this book and I'm really struggling to finish it. I really like what I've read so far of the Scarpetta series (I've read the first 4 so far) so I expected this one to be similar. I just can't get past all the weird names. The names make it very distracting and hard to keep up. I just don't feel connected with this book and I'm from the south. I will probably finish this one but not read anymore of this series. I did not read the first of this series so maybe that would have helped although I don't think it would have.

Very different from her usual books. Not sure I would have read any more of her books if I had read this one first.

Not as good as her mystery books with Kay Scarpetta

A slow read, but with good action.

Quote: "Richmond, Virginia, is a city rich in southern history, yet overrun by such modern day problems as drug trafficking and escalating juvenile crime. Former Charlotte police chief, Judy Hammer is brought in to clean up the police force - the most difficult assignment of her career....."
I spent most of my two days off reading this book.... not only is it good suspense, it's also funny. Thanks Patricia Cornwell

From the number-one New York Times bestselling author of Hornet’s Nest, Patricia Cornwell, comes an all-new, page-turning novel about big-city police, in a story of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder. This time, the setting is Richmond, Virginia, where former Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought by an NIJ grant, to clean up the police force. Reeling from the recent death of her husband and resented by the Richmond police force, city manager, and mayor, Hammer is joined by her deputy chief, Virginia West, and rookie Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career. In the face of overwhelming public scrutiny, the trio must find the link between the desecration of Confederate president Jefferson Davis’s statue and the brutal murder of an elderly woman.
A testimony to the singular versatility and narrative power of one of the country’s best-read storytellers.