Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You - Hardcover

Drummond, Laurie Lynn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060561629 ISBN 13: 9780060561628

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2004

Synopsis

The lives and careers of five female police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are impacted by their dramatic and violent encounters with crime. A first collection.

About this title

Review:

"Searing.eye-opening.[Laurie Lynn Drummond] is a deft storyteller." -- Contra Costa Times

"Unforgettable, beautifully written stories." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

"A brilliant debut carries the flash of fact." -- Portland Tribune

."Elegant, graceful, unexpected and completely haunting. Drummond brings a major new talent to the crime fiction scene." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Tough, scary and riveting." -- Entertainment Weekly

"Choosing original characters over clichs and gritty detail over simplification, Drummond continually surprises with her profiles in courage." -- Publishers Weekly

"This is an exceptional body of writing." -- Library Journal (starred)

"Searing...eye-opening...[Laurie Lynn Drummond] is a deft storyteller."--Contra Costa Times

"Drummond brings a major new talent to the crime fiction scene."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Unforgettable, beautifully written stories."--New Orleans Times-Picayune

About the Author:

Laurie Lynn Drummond's fiction has appeared in such journals as Southern Review, Fiction, and Story, and she was a Tennessee Williams Scholar in fiction. Formerly a uniformed officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department, she grew up in northern Virginia. She now lives in Austin, Texas, with her dog, Rumi, and cat, Smilla, and is an assistant professor at St. Edward's University.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060561629
• ISBN 13: 9780060561628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272