Title: This pudding has soured.
Product review: We all know the old cliche about the proof being in the pudding.In her effort to provide us with a new pudding to sample Cornwell has indeed soured. This novel is obviously well written, but it falls flat on its face. First of all, I can't say I appreciate the decided and deliberately intended Jefferson Davis bashing. This is uncalled for. The obvious denegrading of Southern Culture is also uncalled for.On top of all this Cornwell insists upon writing in a style which obviously emulates Joseph Wambaugh. Mind you, she does a superb job of it without infringing upon his territory. But she should have stuck to her own turf.The only really credible character in the entire volume is Andy Brazil -- a character Cornwell manages to screw up inspite of herself. This book is a good read given the fact it gives the police a black eye and the City of Richmond, Virginia and unwarranted bad name.
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