I've finished "Cop Town" by Karin Slaughter.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Karin Slaughter, author
of the bestselling Will Trent novels, is widely acclaimed as “one of the
best crime novelists in America” (
The Washington Post). Now she
delivers her first stand-alone novel: an epic story of a city in the
midst of seismic upheaval, a serial killer targeting cops, and a divided
police force tasked with bringing a madman to justice.
Atlanta, 1974: As a brutal murder and a furious manhunt rock the city’s
police department, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the job will
also be her last. She’s determined to defy her privileged background by
making her own way — wearing a badge and carrying a gun. But for a
beautiful young woman, life will be anything but easy in the macho world
of the Atlanta PD, where even the female cops have little mercy for
rookies. It’s also the worst day possible to start given that a beloved
cop has been gunned down, his brothers in blue are out for blood, and
the city is on the edge of war.
Kate isn’t the only woman on
the force who’s feeling the heat. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and
brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When
she and Kate, her new partner, are pushed out of the citywide search for
a cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach the boiling
point. With a killer poised to strike again, they will pursue their own
line of investigation, risking everything as they venture into the
city’s darkest heart.
Product Details
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press; First Edition edition (June 24, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345547497
ISBN-13: 978-0345547491
My Review:
I DNF this book and barely made it to halfway before I put it down.
I hated the sexism, the slurs and derogatory usage and the treatment of the woman during this time period.
2/5
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