At Risk

By: Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by: Kate Reading

A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?

Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.

Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound-this is the master working at the top of her game.

View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.

Critic reviews

Praise for At Risk

“Highly entertaining…fascinating characters, solid plot, great pacing and expertly crafted prose.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“…a tautly plotted story with solid characters, sharp dialogue and a nice handful of twists…”—The Denver Post

“Cornwell skillfully blends her characters’ personal and professional lives into a thriller that is neither predictable nor mundane.”—The Canadian Press

“Scary.”—The Boston Globe

A start of a good series

It’s a short book. A good listen also. Took a little while to get into but worth the listen.

It was OK

One of her better books. I found it not as engaging hear it Look forward to some of her new work.

She ain't what she used to be

Once my favoriate author, Cornwell should take a break and try to recapture her old style. Granted, this is an improvement over her most recent works but I miss the old writing style...But her first couple books are still her best works...

Pretty Good, but not Scarpetta :(

This was a pretty good story in a two book series. The characters weren't quite as likable as the ones from the Scarpetta Series, but it was still pretty decent.

It Was A Risk to record this book

The story line is pretty good. The reader is not so good. For an early book, Cornwell did much better than I could to create suspense.