At Risk

Patricia Cornwell

"I wanted to read At Risk, because I've read a lot of Patricia Cornwell's novels and this one kind of involved - I've read most of her Kay Scarpetta series and this, actually, involved a new character and seemed like it was a very interesting story line so I was kind of intrigued just by the description of the book.

The book is about a detective who is kind of under the thumb of this very ambitious female DA and they get caught in a conspiracy to impede her political career. It almost plays to the CSI audience. It goes into a lot of forensic science, which is what I find interesting. There's a little bit of mystery and intrigue.

It did a really good job of developing characters in a short period of time. Like, I felt interested in what was happening to them; not just kind of to see how the plot of the story played out, but to kind of see how it impacted them or to try and figure out why people were reacting to things the way they were in the book.

I would give At Risk either three and a half or four stars. It's a real fun read. It's quick and easy and I like the characters. Totally worth it, but it just is, it's a light read, so it's not a book that's gonna, like, revolutionize your world."

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