Patricia Cornwell has been writing award winning fiction since 1991 but this week marks the first time that her suspense filled writing and forensic insight have been adapted for film. Andie MacDowell and Daniel Sunjata star in the Lifetime Original Movies "At Risk and "The Front" based on the Cornwell books by the same titles. Cornwell is best known for works that feature the forensic examiner Kay Scarpetta, but she has also written non-fiction works and police procedurals.
"At Risk" introduces Win Garano--the rising star of the Massachusetts State Police and Monique "Money" Lamont--the brazen and ambitious Boston district attorney who will let nothing stand between her and the governor's mansion. Lamont sends Garano to Tennessee to investigate a cold case that took place more than 20 years before. The calculating Monique thinks she has found the perfect murder to showcase her new crime initiative and Win has no choice but to follow her lead.
In "The Front"--the fast-paced sequel to "At Risk"--Lamont and Garano reunite to investigate Boston's most famous criminal. Attempting to generate much-needed publicity for her flagging political aspirations, Monique orders Win to reopen the investigation of the brutal, decades-old murder of a young blind woman named Janie Brolin. Janie's boyfriend was the main suspect in the original investigation, but Monique has another suspect in mind — the Boston Strangler.
"At Risk" airs Saturday, April 10, 2010, at 9 pm et/pt — and "Patricia Cornwell’s The Front" — airing Saturday, April 17, 2010, also at 9 pm et/pt on Lifetime. Log on to mylifetime.com for more information and be sure and tune in--or set your DVR!
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