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Andy Brazil Books in Order

Patricia Cornwell has written 3 books featuring Andy Brazil, published between 1996 and 2001. The first book is Hornet's Nest (1996) and the newest is Isle of Dogs (2001). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
1996–2001
Confirmed
3 of 3 titles
Total pages
1,164 across 3 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,164 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Andy Brazil is a reporter and police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the character at the centre of three novels by Patricia Cornwell. Hornet's Nest (1996), Southern Cross (1998) and Isle of Dogs (2001) make up the run, each around 382 pages. Judy Hammer, a police chief, shares the billing, and the sequence is also listed as Andy Brazil/Judy Hammer. Police chiefs, policewomen and reporting supply the subject matter.

How many Andy Brazil books are there?

Andy Brazil appears in 3 books, released between 1996 and 2001.

Andy Brazil Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Andy Brazil books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell, book 2 of the Andy Brazil/Judy Hammer series (1998)
  2. Cover of Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cornwell, book 3 of the Andy Brazil/Judy Hammer series (2001)
  1. 1
    Hornet's NestAndy Brazil/Judy Hammer #11996 · 369 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1996369
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  2. 2
    Southern CrossAndy Brazil/Judy Hammer #21998 · 382 pages · confirmed 4/4
    1998382
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  3. 3
    Isle of DogsAndy Brazil/Judy Hammer #32001 · 413 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2001413
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Do you have to read Andy Brazil books in order?

You should read the Andy Brazil books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Andy Brazil book also stands alone.

Where to start with Andy Brazil

Start with Hornet's Nest (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Andy Brazil book?

Isle of Dogs (2001) is the newest Andy Brazil book released so far.

Is there a new Andy Brazil book coming?

No next Andy Brazil book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Andy Brazil at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Andy Brazil title on record dates from 2001, 25 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Andy Brazil books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,164 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 382 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Andy Brazil books, 2 of 3, were published in the 1990s.
Corroboration
3 of the 3 titles appear in all four independent book listings.

What the Andy Brazil books are about

All 3 Andy Brazil books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Patricia Cornwell

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.