Southern Cross is a best-selling[2] 1998[1] 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.

[3] In a review for The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio suggested the characters are flat.

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