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In a riveting new mystery about corruption and murder inside the L.A.P.D., lesbian detective Kate Delafield investigates the murder of a Los Angeles police officer who is about to reveal some deep, dark secrets. Reprint.
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LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield is shot in a routine drug bust. It's her first line-of-fire accident, but when it turns out that the bullet that winged her came not from the suspect's gun but from a police weapon, the case takes on a different hue. Was Kate's injury the result of a bias against gays and lesbians in the department? And how does it tie into the charges levied against Luke Taggart, a cop whose partner, a closeted gay man, was killed in what he believes was a hate crime?
When Kate is reluctantly dragooned into defending Taggart at a departmental hearing on charges that could lead to a murder indictment, she tries to ignore the homophobia that seems to be the common link between her shooting and the murder of Taggart's partner. But the psychotherapy required after an officer-involved shooting forces her to confront her guilt over the suicide of another member of the department and her ambivalence about outing her gay colleagues or even coming out of the closet herself.
Forrest uses both the current tarnish on the reputation of the Rampart-era LAPD and the tangled personal and political implications of sexual diversity to good advantage in this well-crafted mystery, the fifth in the Kate Delafield series. The most effective scenes, in the office of the psychologist she's forced to see, add another layer of complexity to Kate's character. This is a heroine who continues to evolve and grow with every new adventure. --Jane Adams
About the Author
Katherine V. Forrest, two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Mystery, is also the author of Curious Wine, and a number of other acclaimed works of fiction.
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- PublisherBerkley Trade
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0425176770
- ISBN 13 9780425176771
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages248
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