Isle of Dogs

Written by Patricia Cornwell

Narrated by Karen White

Newly installed superintendent of the Virginia State Police, Judy Hammer, and her right hand and confidant, Andy Brazil, are at their wits’ end trying to protect the public from the politicians – and vice versa.

And amid the mayhem, an island off the coast of Virginia declares UDI – claiming its independence lies in the history of America’s first settlers, those who set sail from London’s Isle of Dogs in 1607.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Apr 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9780062376244

Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell is recognized as one of the world’s top bestselling crime writers and the author of the Scarpetta series. Her novels have been translated into thirty-six languages in more than 120 countries and won numerous prestigious awards, including the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, Macavity, and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize. Cornwell, a licensed helicopter pilot and scuba diver, actively researches the cutting-edge forensic technologies that inform her work.

Reviews for Isle of Dogs

[paulagalvan-323293 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

In this third book in the series, Judy Hammer is now the Superintendent of the Virginia State Police, where Andy Brazil works as a State Trooper. Like the first two books, the satire marches on with characters named Major Trader, Trooper Truth, Unique First, and Windy Brees…well, you can see where this is going. The author plays with words, i.e., a stitch in the hand is worth two in the butt, to tell the hilarious story of the quirky residents of Tangier Island fighting an imagined war against the Governor's office while the Troopers try to figure out what's going on but don't have a clue. Dr. Kay Scarpetta appears as an M.E. with proof of spontaneous human combustion. Who has the last laugh? It's hard to tell.

[threadnsong · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A quietly, darkly humorous take on the usual Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigative murder mysteries. And while most of the humor is not the "laugh out loud" variety (until Trip, the seeing-eye mini-horse comes on the scene), this book and its characters throw out many humorous instances even in the dark parts.As is usual with Cornwall's books, there are several threads going around: a string of unsolved murders and mayhem; a psychopath or several; a woman at the top of the Police Department; and a political player who works every angle to secure his position.Add to this the arrangement of a young police/investigative officer who has gone on an extended leave of absence in order to research subjects for a proposed "Trooper Truth" website (as was common in the early days of the internet), a nearly blind governor whose intestines are riddled with discomfort, and the independently-minded folk of the Island of Tangiers, right off the Virginia coast, and you have ingredients for a wry look at mayhem and the impossible happening just the way we always hope it would.

[gaill_25 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Slow, dragged out.....nit up to other Cornwell books I've read

[ozzybald · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Ugh... I finialy finished this one. Definitely not my favorite Patricia Cornwell book. I have read other of her off wall writing style and enjoyed them more than this one. This one was just a little too unrealistic for my taste.

[grandeplease_1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

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.

[carole3ann-1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Awful, couldn't even get 1/2 way through. Really wanted to put a -1 rating

[mendoza_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

While centering around some characters from past stories this novel is NOT a usual Cornwell novel. It seems to be reaching for dark comedy - maybe along the lines of Carl Hiaasen? Unfortunately, it never really comes together as a novel for me.

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Weird book. Only a cameo by Scarpetta ... the plot was supposed to be light-hearted and humorous. It was OK, but it fell short of being really good. It was almost like Cornwell was creating a plot just to show off some miscellaneous VA knowledge she had picked up along the way. Just not quite there.

[delphimo_1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

When I realized that this is the final novel in the Andy Brazil series, I was saddened. This is a terrible book, and I am glad the series is over. The fabulous trio of Hammer, West, and Brazil has disappeared with no explanation and only Hammer and Brazil remain in this escapade. Brazil seems to be in charge and does anything he wants and Hammer seems out of her element. Andy is now a state trooper on detail in the governor's mansion. The governor, a bumping Mr. Magoo character is being poisoned with ExLax by his assistant. Smoke, that terrible and frightening juvenile has escaped from prison and has formed another gang. This time, the girl is Unique, a bloodthirsty maniac. Cornwell has inserted every imaginable character in this story. There is Pony a convict serving in the governor’s mansion. Pony, like Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean, has earned his prison time for stealing some trivial item. Another character is the dentist, Dr. Faux, who goes to the Island of Tangier off the coast of Virginia and commits fraud and mayhem with the simple-minded inhabitants. Of course, even Bubba from the last novel makes an appearance. I am reminded of the old Keystone Kops movies where everyone is running around and no one knows what is happening.

[debavp · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

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.

[jepeters333 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Judy Hammer and Trooper Truth solving highway pirate murders.