The Front
- Published
- 1 January 2008
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN-13
- 9781408700518
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Front followed in 2008 at a leaner 192 pages, continuing Garano's uneasy working relationship with Lamont as the stakes she raises for him keep climbing -- the second and final entry in this short, complete series.
Key facts about The Front
Patricia Cornwell wrote The Front, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2008. The book has 192 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781408700518 to find the main one.
The Front is book 2 of 2 in the Win Garano series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with At Risk (2006).
Additionally, Patricia Cornwell writes Kay Scarpetta, Andy Brazil and Captain Chase as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and techno-thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Sharp Force is the latest published Patricia Cornwell book on file, from 7 October 2025.
About Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is credited with essentially inventing the modern forensic thriller. Born in 1956 and educated at Davidson College, she worked as a police reporter at the Charlotte Observer before spending six years as a technical writer and computer analyst inside the Chief Medical Examiner's office in Richmond, Virginia, sitting in on autopsies and absorbing real forensic procedure years before it was standard genre furniture. See every Patricia Cornwell book in order.
Its place in Win Garano
The Front is book 2 in the Win Garano series. It follows At Risk. See the full Win Garano reading order.
Win Garano is a young, mixed-race Massachusetts state investigator whose ambitious, image-conscious boss, District Attorney Monique Lamont, keeps assigning him cases designed to advance her own political career as much as to solve crimes. In At Risk (2006), Lamont pulls Garano off his forensics training to front a splashy cold-case initiative, using new DNA technology to reopen a twenty-year-old Tennessee murder — a case that turns out to be far more dangerous, and far more personally entangling, than the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399154188
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781408700525
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780751539653