Andy Brazil · Book 2
Southern Cross
- Published
- 1 January 1998
- Pages
- 382
- ISBN-13
- 9780751527131
- Type
- novel

About this book
At 382 pages, Southern Cross follows in 1998 as Hammer transfers to Richmond, Virginia to overhaul another struggling police force, with Brazil once again riding along.
Its place in Andy Brazil
Southern Cross is book 2 in the Andy Brazil series. It follows Hornet's Nest. It is followed by Isle of Dogs. See the full Andy Brazil reading order.
Before she wrote Kay Scarpetta full-time, and in parallel with the Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell built a second, smaller series around Judy Hammer, a tough, reform-minded police chief, and Andy Brazil, the ambitious young newspaper reporter she takes under her wing as a volunteer police officer. Hornet's Nest (1997) opens in Charlotte, North Carolina, following Hammer as she takes over a demoralized police department and Brazil as he rides along chasing both a story and a new calling; the tone is looser and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751527131
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781568959733
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780739401880