With Child - Hardcover

King, Laurie R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312140770 ISBN 13: 9780312140779

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Lesbian San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli finds crime invading her own life as her lover asks for breathing space in their relationship and her partner's young stepdaughter is kidnapped. By the author of A Grave Talent.

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Review:

‘One of the most literate and gifted writers the mystery world has seen for some time’
Val McDermid

‘If there is a new P D James... I would put my money on Laurie King’
Boston Globe

From the Back Cover:

LAURIE KING IS WINNER OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN AWARDS FOR BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR

San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli becomes involved in a nightmare that begins in her off-duty life and turns into a crime for which she feels herself responsible...

Alone in the house she shares with her partner Lee, Kate is isolated and angry: Lee, recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, decides she needs to spend time on her own, a move Kate can only see as rejection. Lonely and confused, Kate befriends the bright, quirky twelve-year-old Jules, and when the girl's parents go on a trip, Kate agrees to take care of her.

But when Kate decides to 'drop in' to the farm where Lee is staying, events spiral out of control. During the trip, in a rural area where a serial killer has been victimising young girls, Jules disappears...

Unbearably gripping and deeply moving, 'With Child' is an extraordinary novel from the award-winning author of 'A Grave Talent' and 'To Play the Fool'.

"One of the most literate and gifted writers the mystery world has seen for some time"
VAL MCDERMID

"If there is a new P.D. James...I would put my money on Laurie King"
BOSTON GLOBE

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312140770
• ISBN 13: 9780312140779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 275