Copy Kat [Library Binding]

Karen Kijewski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2003

Hired to investigate the death of a young woman in a Colorado resort town, Kat probes the life of the victim and finds clues that cast doubt on the parking lot robbery/murder theory.

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-- Kat Colorado returns in Kijewski's fourth novel, and she is as entertaining as ever. Tobias McAlister asks Kat to investigate the death of his godchild Deidre, murdered as she left the bar she and her husband owned. Although still wrestling with self-doubts resulting from a previous case in which she was forced to kill a suspect in self-defense, Kat agrees to take on the assignment. She goes undercover as a bartender at the murder scene and quickly becomes a favorite with the local citizens. She discovers a pattern to their relationships, past and present, that makes her task a challenge and a heartache. With zany humor and bold confrontations, Kat brings the murderer to justice, making readers sorry to have reached the last page, but eager for this detective's next adventure. YAs will certainly find a heroine in this lovely, wisecracking, but formidable P. I.
- Katherine Fitch, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard -- it can be murder.

Iit's hard to tell where the truth ends and the lies begin when Kat is hired to look into the death of a young woman in a historic California gold-country resort town. The police have closed the books on Deidre Durkin's murder; it was a tragic robbery-homicide. But could a clever murderer have created the illusion of a parking-lot theft gone bad? Was Deidre's loving husband as perfect as he seemed? The more Kat finds out about the victim, the less she's convinced that Deidre was the woman she appeared to be. But then Kat, in her undercover role as a bartender, isn't the person she pretends to be, either. And as Kat discovers, in this little town, even life and death are an illusion. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Library Binding
• Publisher: Bt Bound (December 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613069285
• ISBN-13: 978-0613069281
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,335,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything that Karen Kijewski writes is brilliant!, March 18, 2001

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Rebekah Sue Harris (West Haven, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Copy Kat (Kat Colorado Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Kat Colorado mysteries are great because the plot flows smoothly, there are no loose ends at the end of the book, and the characters are ohsoreal.

Copy Kat is no exception. When Kat needs to escape her nightmares, she seizes the opportunity to go out of town undercover to find the client's goddaughter's killer.

The people she meets are warm and real to the reader, and I was surprised by the identification of the killer.

Biggest problem with this book: there seem to be two important sentences missing in the chapter in which Kat meets the victim's sister and brother in law. I don't know if they are publisher or author omissions, but they made it difficult for me to follow an important chapter.

While this isn't the author's best work, it is better by FAR than many of the mysteries out there. Karen Kijewski should be proud of the work she has published, because it's a yacht swimming in the literary sewage that calls itself "mystery."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Copy Kat, January 25, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Copy Kat (Kat Colorado Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Sam Tucker

11/27/04

English

Copy Kat

By Karen Kijewski

Kat Colorado is a private investigator in Sacramento. When a man named Tobias asks her to take up a case about his godchild Deidre Durkins. Deidre was found shot dead, and Tobias is determined to find out what happened to her, no matter what the price. Kat young and in love sets out to crack this puzzle. Kat solves this mystery in this action packed book that Karen Kisjewski beautifully wrote.

Colorado, finds her self taking up a case for this poor humble man. The victim Deidre Durkins, his Godchild. Kat takes an airplane from Sacramento to this historic little California town solve this murder case. But She has to go undercover so she takes up a job as a bartender at the same place that Deidre's husband works at. It turns out that Durkins was murdered carrying a bag of mu-la. This makes Kat ask questions. She gets the job and starts to unravel the pieces of the puzzle. Who killed her? Was it the Deidre's loving husband who did the job? Or was it some mugger who did her in? Kat must find out for Tobias.

Copy Kat is a brilliant book written by Karen Kijewski. This is an action packed mystery about a murder case that has twist and turns. This book will capture the reader's audience in the novel. Out of five stars I'd give it a four. Maybe a four and a half. This book is great for readers above the age of 11. Karen's descriptive and comical yet serious language makes this a must read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, November 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Copy Kat (Kat Colorado Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Having consumed all the Evanovich series, and Munger, and Maddie Hunter, and Cosin -- I was looking for a snappy, sharp but amusing PI character in Kat Colorado. I was disappointed that I did not find her. Perhaps it is because this appears to be early Kijewski's KC series, perhaps not. However, having read THIS, I am not inclined to read any more of her works. The character was OK, the writing was not cohesive, and often leapt from one premise to another without transition. I bought it on the basis of search engines led me to on the other authors' search --- "You might also like..." My advice to you is, if you are fond of the aforementioned authors, you may not care for Kijewski. She's not at ALL like them.