In a word: riveting.
Karin Slaughter was recommended to
me many years ago when I worked at a bookstore.
She has been on my ‘to-read’ list yet somehow, another book always seemed
to get in the way. When I was granted
the opportunity to read an advanced copy of her newest book, Cop Town, I was elated! And I must say, I was not disappointed in the
least.
Cop
Town starts out with a bang, literally, as two of Atlanta PD’s finest are gunned
down in an alley. One officer, Jimmy
Lawson, survives after the shooter’s gun jams and the whole department is on
the lookout for the killer. The entire
department goes out on the lookout for the shooter yet it is only Maggie Lawson,
Jimmy’s sister and fellow police officer that believes there is much more going
on. For in Atlanta, Jimmy and his
partner are not the first police officers to be shot: there is a cop killer on
the loose. Yet Maggie’s theory is
disregarded. After all, it is 1974 and
women aren’t exactly welcome on the Atlanta, PD.
Enter Kate Murphy, a rookie cop who
gets partnered with Maggie and is thrust smack dab in the center of the
investigation. Together these two unlikely partners stumble
their way through one event after another as they get closer and closer to
solving the case.
Cop
Town is an edge of your seat thriller that will leave you guessing as to
who the culprit is up to the very end.
It is also a book about self-discovery as the two cops, Maggie and Kate,
learn an important lesson on empowerment.
Each has grown up in separate worlds yet they both share the same drive
to succeed in a man’s world and the desire to gain the respect they deserve.
If you are looking for a good
thriller then you have found one in this book.
It is available to pre-order now and will hit bookstores on June 24, 2014
nationwide. I don’t think you will be
disappointed in the least.
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