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Win Garano

by Patricia Cornwell

The Win Garano series by Patricia Cornwell has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with At Risk (2006).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2006
Status
completed
Shelved under
Thriller
Start here: At Risk (2006) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of At Risk
At Risk (2006)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. At Risk

    Novel
    At Risk, published in 2006, opens Patricia Cornwell's Win Garano series, introducing the young Massachusetts state investigator and the ambitious district attorney, Monique Lamont, who keeps assigning him cases that serve her own political career as much as justice. It runs 212 pages.
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  2. The Front

    Novel
    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.
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Key facts about the Win Garano series

Our list has 2 books in the Win Garano series. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with At Risk, since it opens the publication order in 2006. The Front is book 2, from 2008.

The list keeps the books in date order, while each title links to its own page. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2006 and 2008, while their length runs from 192 to 212 pages. That is a run of 2 years.

Patricia Cornwell has 36 books on our list. Additionally, they write Kay Scarpetta, Andy Brazil and Captain Chase. We shelve the books under thriller.

About the Win Garano series

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 publicity stunt Lamont intended. The Front (2008) sends Garano into a declining Watertown, Massachusetts neighborhood as the public face of another of Lamont's crime-fighting initiatives, where the case again outgrows the political theater built around it.

A shorter, punchier pair of novels than Cornwell's Scarpetta books, the Win Garano series trades autopsy-room forensic density for a sharper focus on institutional politics, media spin and the friction between doing real police work and being used as a PR prop. Both novels were adapted into television movies in 2010. Cornwell has not continued the series since The Front, leaving it a complete two-book run.

Frequently asked questions

How many Win Garano books are there?

Two: At Risk (2006) and The Front (2008). No further installments have followed.

What order should I read the Win Garano books in?

Publication order: At Risk, then The Front. Garano's relationship with District Attorney Monique Lamont develops directly from the first book into the second.

Is Win Garano connected to Kay Scarpetta or Andy Brazil?

No — it's a separate Patricia Cornwell series with its own characters and no crossover continuity with either of her other series.

Is the Win Garano series finished?

Effectively yes. Cornwell has not published a third Win Garano novel since The Front (2008), and none is currently announced.

Were the Win Garano books adapted for screen?

Yes — both At Risk and The Front were made into television movies in 2010.

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