Hancock Park (Kate Delafield Mystery) - Softcover

Forrest, Katherine V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 042520247X ISBN 13: 9780425202470

Publisher: Berkley Trade, 2005

Synopsis

Detective Kate Delafield and her partner, Joe Cameron, head for the exclusive, wealthy neighborhood of Hancock Park to investigate the execution-style murder of Victoria Talbot, the cultured, refined mother of three, a crime in which the victim's ex-husband becomes an all-too-convenient suspect. By the Lambda Award-winning author of Curious Wine. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Katherine V. Forrest is the two-time Lambda Award-winning author of Curious Wine-one of the all-time bestselling works of lesbian fiction-as well as numerous novels featuring Kate Delafield. She was born in Canada, and since 1979 has been a full-time writer and editor.

From Publishers Weekly:

In Forrest's not quite noir, somewhat flat legal drama, the fifth in her Kate Delafield series (Amateur City, etc.), the seasoned LAPD detective investigates a murder in the affluent low-crime enclave of Hancock Park. Dysfunctional family values are scrutinized in the press and in a heated courtroom scrimmage, where the slip of a word or facial tic can arm a clever defense attorney. When the corpse of middle-aged matron Victoria Talbot turns up in her stately, suspiciously spick-and-span home, most of the evidence points to her unrepentant and loathsome ex-husband, entrepreneur Douglas Talbot. Kate and faithful partner Detective Joe Cameron structure the developing leads into a damning picture of guilt. The coldly competent deputy DA presents the circumstantial case against Talbot, whose harassment of his ex-wife long after the divorce speaks volumes. But a last-minute bombshell à la Perry Mason adds an unexpected twist. The author's realistic rendering of courtroom hijinks and her sympathetic, ultra-professional, strong yet vulnerable protagonist help salvage a less than exciting story line. Some of the more intriguing characters get short shrift, leeching color from the whole, but loyal fans won't be disappointed.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley Trade
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 042520247X
• ISBN 13: 9780425202470
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256