Southern Cross (novel)

{{short description|1998 novel by Patricia Cornwell}}

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| name = Southern Cross

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| caption = First edition

| author = Patricia Cornwell

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| country = USA

| language = English

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| publisher = G. P. Putnam's Sons

| pub_date = 1998[https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0739401882/ref=nosim/authordatabase www.amazon.co.uk]

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| preceded_by = Hornet's Nest

| followed_by = Isle of Dogs

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Southern Cross is a best-selling{{cite news|title=Best-sellers: Wall Street Journal Best Selling Books Fiction|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/61315256/?terms=%22southern%2Bcross%22%2B%22patricia%2Bcornwell%22%2Breview|accessdate=July 11, 2017|work=Standard-Speaker|date=February 11, 1999|location=Hazleton, Pennsylvania|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }} 1998 novel by Patricia Cornwell in her Andy Brazil series about a reporter for The Charlotte Observer who is also a volunteer cop.

It tells the story of Police Chief Judy Hammer, who is sent to Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederate States of America, to investigate crimes.{{cite news|last1=Stasio|first1=Marilyn|title=Reviewed This Week|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/10/reviews/990110.10crimet.html|accessdate=July 11, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 10, 1999}} In a review for The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio suggested the characters are flat.