Beginnings, Laurie R. King
Beginnings, Laurie R. King
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Beginnings

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/31/2019

Synopsis

INSPECTOR KATE MARTINELLI has worked the SFPD's Homicide Detail for nearly thirty years. She knows all about how a cop builds a case bit by bit to create a clear story from the scattered pieces of evidence. Until the day her fifteen-year-old daughter, Nora, happens to ask about an aunt she'd never met. Kate's kid sister died in the 1980s, a wild young woman who lost control of a car and hit a tree, end of story ... except it isn't. Because once Kate begins to look, seeking to reassure Nora that it was only a senseless accident and not the suicide a small town's gossip made it, she starts to find pieces that don't fit the picture. Holes in the evidence. Mismatched fragments that change the story Kate has told herself all these years-the story that for her, was the beginning of everything.

What did happen in Diamond Lake that night? Was it an accident, or a hushed-up suicide? Or was her sister's death something darker yet?

About Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A Monstrous Regiment of Women won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables, and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kai on October 05, 2019

Excellent addition to the Kate Martinelli cannon. Makes me long for another full length novel to sink my teeth into. Spending my Saturday morning with a cup of tea and this novella was like like visiting old friends. I want more!......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly-Dawn on May 29, 2020

I was THRILLED to get a new Kate Martinelli book. So much has changed in society since I began this excellent series about a San Francisco homocide detective. It was fantastic to visit with old friends who aged along with the rest of us. An accident of her sister over 30 years “cold case” deserved h......more

Goodreads review by Katherine on October 20, 2019

I enjoyed so much the chance to “reconnect” with Kate Martinelli and her family. I totally echoed her “how can she have a 15 year old daughter” but really really liked this bit of back story into her past and thought the way LRK ties it into her present life was genius. More, please. Thirteen years......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 22, 2020

Thank you, Laurie King! I am a covid-exhausted healthcare worker who finally got some time off and read Beginnings, mostly on my phone, mostly waking very early out of weeks of habit. I did not realize how much I missed Kate. And Lee. And Al. Thank you for this mini-vacation to CA which I desperatel......more

Goodreads review by Anita on November 28, 2020

I loved the Kate Martinelli series for the great characters. This novella gives some backstory which I enjoyed along with a detective/mystery, of course.......more

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