359 pages
English language
Published Nov. 26, 1998 by Putnam.
359 pages
English language
Published Nov. 26, 1998 by Putnam.
The setting is Richmond, Virginia, where Charlotte police chief Judy Hammer has been brought to clean up the police force. In the most difficult assignment of her career and in the face of intense public scrutiny, she finds herself embroiled in a stew of corruption, scandal, and robberies that escalate to murder.