Southern Cross: Patricia Cornwell

The sequel to Hornet's Nest. Richmond, Virginia - and a big city police force has corruption, scandal and robberies escalating into murder. Police Chief Judy Hammer has been hired to clean up the crime rate. Still reeling from the recent death of her husband and resented by her staff and the city's establishment, she is joined by Virginia West and Andy Brazil on the most difficult assignment of her career - to bring order and sanity to a city in trouble.