Night Work, Laurie R. King
Night Work, Laurie R. King
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Night Work

Author: Laurie R. King

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/18/2008


Synopsis

Best-selling author Laurie R. King has won both critical and popular acclaim for her mysteries featuring San Francisco detective Kate Martinelli. Looking forward to routine police work after her last terrifying case, Kate finds herself on the trail of vigilantes targeting abusive men in the San Francisco area. Kate has just returned to active duty after being injured on the job. Her girl-friend, Lee, has moved back into their home, and their relationship is on the mend. But the calm, predictable life Kate's looking forward to doesn't materialize. The Ladies of Perpetual Disgruntlement is practicing a modern equivalent of tarring and feathering violent men who seem to have escaped justice. The police department finds their antics humorous until men that fit their profile start turning up dead. As Kate tries to stop the killing, her investigation leads her too close to home for comfort. A winner of the Edgar Award, Laurie R. King fills her mysteries with vivid characters and more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan finds the perfect voice for the tough-as-nails detective.

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 Jhosy

Wow, this was an AMAZING book! Finally I can sit down and say that I found a mystery/ police investigation in lesbian literature that has the perfect balance (character's personal life,the crime investigation, mystery and suspense that accompanies the case as well as other elements of professional li......more

Goodreads review by Carl

I was steered to Night Work--or actually its author--by a remark I read in Jon Carroll’s column in the San Francisco Chronicle. He spoke as if Laurie R. King were a household word in the mystery world, yet I’d never heard of her. Judging by the number of awards she’s won, the fault is mine. I’m gla......more

Goodreads review by Roz

Of the Laurie R. King books I have looked at on Goodreads, this one appears to have the lowest rating. I went into this book knowing that, although having nothing to compare the least favoured book to, I did not know what that would mean. It turns out that I quite enjoyed this. There were some obvio......more