Patricia Cornwell's novels of big-city police have taken this classic genre to a new level. "Move over, Carl Hiaasen, you've got company," the San Francisco Examiner warned. "Patricia Cornwell has switched to Hiaasen's world of black humor and nearly conquers it." USA Today concurred: "Cornwell has coined a new penny." With isle of Dogs, Cornwell outdoes herself, with a tale of life behind the blue wall.

Chaos breaks loose when the governor of Virginia orders speed traps on all streets and highways, and warns that speeders will be caught by monitoring aircraft flying overhead. The eccentric island of Tangier, fourteen miles off the coast of Virginia in Chesapeake Bay, responds by declaring war on its own state. Judy Hammer, newly installed as the superintendent of the Virginia State Police, and Andy Brazil, a state trooper, find themselves at their wits' end as they try to protect the public from the politicians—and vice versa—in this comic romp.

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