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In her enjoyable U.S. debut, British author Cutler introduces a very human heroine, Det. Sergeant Kate Power, who's also a highly skilled professional. A personal tragedy has led to Power's transfer from London to Birmingham, where her new colleagues' misogynistic hazing undercut her efforts, as the only female detective on staff, to make a good start. Battling incipient alcoholism and survivor's guilt, she must compartmentalize her own problems to focus on tracking down a child molester who soon crosses the line from sexual abuse to murder. With a hospitalized aunt the only person she can trust, Power at once befriends and suspects a variety of locals, including her supervisor, a neighbor and the local minister. More than one potential suitor complicates already complex relationships, while such off-duty pursuits as coaching a boys' soccer team offer no refuge from the grim crimes she's responsible for solving. The book succeeds more as a character study than as a police procedural, since Power stumbles on a major clue completely by chance, and random events rather than clever investigation reveal some key aspects of the mystery. If there is a sequel, Cutler should let Power rely more on her own deductive powers.
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When Kate Power's lover is killed before her eyes in a police chase, she feels her life is over. Abandoning a promising career with the London police, she transfers to Birmingham to try to put the past behind her. The local vicar and his family offer Kate temporary lodging, which leads to her coaching the junior soccer team--a welcome diversion, because Kate's new job offers plenty of challenges: sexual harassment by her colleagues, a budding friendship with her new boss, and the horrifying case of young Darren Goss, who's been sexually abused by an unknown perpetrator. Using humor to diffuse the harassment and a "wait and see" attitude toward her boss, Kate focuses on the Goss case. Offering deft plotting and appealing, multidimensional characters, this outstanding novel, the first in a series, delivers a fresh new heroine in what has become the crowded field of female cops and private eyes. Emily Melton
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In her enjoyable U.S. debut, British author Cutler introduces a very human heroine, Det. Sergeant Kate Power, who's also a highly skilled professional. A personal tragedy has led to Power's transfer from London to Birmingham, where her new colleagues' misogynistic hazing undercut her efforts, as the only female detective on staff, to make a good start. Battling incipient alcoholism and survivor's guilt, she must compartmentalize her own problems to focus on tracking down a child molester who soon crosses the line from sexual abuse to murder. With a hospitalized aunt the only person she can trust, Power at once befriends and suspects a variety of locals, including her supervisor, a neighbor and the local minister. More than one potential suitor complicates already complex relationships, while such off-duty pursuits as coaching a boys' soccer team offer no refuge from the grim crimes she's responsible for solving. The book succeeds more as a character study than as a police procedural, since Power stumbles on a major clue completely by chance, and random events rather than clever investigation reveal some key aspects of the mystery. If there is a sequel, Cutler should let Power rely more on her own deductive powers.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
When Kate Power's lover is killed before her eyes in a police chase, she feels her life is over. Abandoning a promising career with the London police, she transfers to Birmingham to try to put the past behind her. The local vicar and his family offer Kate temporary lodging, which leads to her coaching the junior soccer team--a welcome diversion, because Kate's new job offers plenty of challenges: sexual harassment by her colleagues, a budding friendship with her new boss, and the horrifying case of young Darren Goss, who's been sexually abused by an unknown perpetrator. Using humor to diffuse the harassment and a "wait and see" attitude toward her boss, Kate focuses on the Goss case. Offering deft plotting and appealing, multidimensional characters, this outstanding novel, the first in a series, delivers a fresh new heroine in what has become the crowded field of female cops and private eyes. Emily Melton
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Aunt Cassie, Kings Heath, High Street, Symphony Hall, Miss Power, Family Protection, Paul Taylor, Graham Harvey, Kate Power, Reg Tanner, West Midlands, Colin Roper, Darren Goss, Great Western, Superintendent Gordon New!
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- The Invisible Man by Eddie Cope on page 231
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- The Food Detective by Judith Cutler in Front Matter
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- Intercultural Voices in Contemporary British Literature: The Implosion of Empire by Lars Ole Sauerberg in Back Matter
- The Chinese Takeout (Josie Welford) (Josie Welford Series) by Judith Cutler in Front Matter
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