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Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell
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I can gemerally listen to a book no matter how bad, I only made the first tape on this one!!
  bobdriskell | Sep 8, 2009 |
Patricia Cornwell should be ashamed to have her name on this. A sixth grader could have written this story and it would have been an improvement.

I have no idea what her agenda was with this garbage and I advise anyone who read the first two in this series to pass on this one. ( )
  debavp | Aug 24, 2009 |
This book is a dog and the dog don't hunt. It is so bad I won't leave it at Starbucks for somebody else to pick up and read - straight to the trash it goes!

Ms. Cornwell has written some winners, but this one isn't worth a minute of your time. ( )
  Grandeplease | Mar 22, 2009 |
Sometimes reading moves from the sublime to the ridiculous. The experience of finishing Steig Larsson's “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and moving on to one of Cornwell's non-Scarpetta books is almost enough to make one despair.

It takes a while to work out what Cornwell is attempting with “Isle of Dogs”. Let's be clear, this is not another police procedural in the manner of the Scarpetta series, just with a different suite of characters. Herein lies the problem. Since “The Last Precinct” Cornwell has clearly been bored by the formula that served he well, the later Scarpetta novels, and the Andy Brazil series show a distinct change of tone, Scarpetta's story taking a profoundly darker turn, and Brazil representing an experiment with magic realism. Having made her reputation with Scarpetta she may well have sought to escape being typecast as just another formulaic crime novelist. As such something like “Isle of Dogs” can be seen as a completely understandable step. The trouble is it doesn't really work.

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http://southlondonbook.blogspot.com/2... ( )
  isynge | Jan 18, 2009 |
Judy Hammer and Trooper Truth solving highway pirate murders. ( )
  jepeters333 | Dec 26, 2008 |
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Be aware: this is not your typical Patricia Cornwell novel. Not only is there no Kay Scarpetta, but Isle of Dogs is a comic romp, a real departure for this author. It does center around a couple of characters from past books--police chief Judy Hammer and reporter-turned-cop Andy Brazil of Hornet's Nest and Southern Cross. But the plot, style, and tone will remind you more of Carl Hiaasen's dark comedies.

The madcap doings get underway when the addled, nearly blind governor of Virginia confusedly launches a speed-trap program on isolated Tangier Island, whose prickly, eccentric residents promptly attempt secession. Cornwell adeptly interweaves other crisscrossing plot lines involving a gang of street-stupid thugs gunning for Hammer and Brazil, an angel-faced serial killer, a kidnapped dog, and more. She does miss a few beats: the pacing sags during certain episodes, and at times the writing strains so hard for laughs that instead it draws winces. Nonetheless, Isle of Dogs is for the most part a funny, diverting read and a refreshing departure for Cornwell. --Nicholas H. Allison

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