Southern Cross | Techniques
Cornwell's approach in Southern Cross is at odds with that of her other detective novels. In this story, the key crime investigators, Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Chief Virginia West, and Officer Andy Brazil, all three formerly from Charlotte, North Carolina, are out of their depth and out of their territory in Richmond, Virginia, and their "northern" take on crime, efficiency, and methodology are totally at odds with the sleepier patterns of their Virginia colleagues. The clash between investigative forces weakens the detective pattern and makes it vulnerable to digressions. Instead...
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