Lady Cop Makes Trouble (A Kopp Sisters Novel, 2) - Hardcover

Stewart, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0544409949 ISBN 13: 9780544409941

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2016

Synopsis

The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters.

After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation’s first deputy sheriffs. She's proven that she can’t be deterred, evaded, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life, and endanger the honorable Sheriff Heath, Constance may not be able to make things right.   Lady Cop Makes Trouble sets Constance loose on the streets of New York City and New Jersey--tracking down victims, trailing leads, and making friends with girl reporters and lawyers at a hotel for women. Cheering her on, and goading her, are her sisters Norma and Fleurette--that is, when they aren't training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage.  Based on a true story, Girl Waits with Gun introduced Constance Kopp and her charming and steadfast sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. Those readers will be thrilled by this second installment--also ripped from the headlines--in the romping, wildly readable life of a woman forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way.   

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From the Inside Flap

In 1915, lady cops were not expected to chase down fugitives on the streets of New York City. But Constance Kopp never did what anyone expected.
 
Constance Kopp is six feet tall, lives on a quiet farm with her two sisters, and yearns for fulfilling work. The Kopp sisters, though, aren’t going to be living the quiet life anymore. They made the news fighting back against a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs. And after Bergen County’s Sheriff Heath sees Constance in action, he appoints her as one of the nation’s first female deputies. He knows she’s a powerful addition to his force, and she knows she can do the job, but when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life—and risk the honorable sheriff being thrown in his own jail—Constance is forced to prove herself again.

Lady Cop Makes Trouble sets Constance loose on the streets of New York City and New Jersey. Even as she tracks her fugitive, she’s also tested by other cases—helping runaway girls taken in by unscrupulous men and sorting out why an old woman is taking the fall for a murder she couldn’t have committed. Cheering her on are her sisters Norma and Fleurette—that is, when they aren’t, respectively, training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage.

Based on the Kopp sisters’ real-life adventures, Girl Waits with Gun introduced the sensational lives of Constance Kopp and her unconventional sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. This second installment, also ripped from the headlines, takes us further into the romping, riveting story of a woman who defied expectations, forged her own path, and tackled crime—and nefarious criminals!—along the way.
 

From the Back Cover

The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the feisty, unforgettable Kopp Sisters.
 
Praise for the Kopp Sisters Novels
“An entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family.”
—Washington Post
 
“A fine, historically astute novel .º.º. The sisters’ personalities flower under Stewart’s pen.”
—New York Times Book Review
 
“Zippy, winsome .º.º. [A] cinematic story of the [Kopps], the siege instigated by their powerful enemy, and their brave efforts in the face of real violence.”
—Los Angeles Times
 
“An unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine .º.º. The rest is kickass history.”
—Marie Claire
 
“Stewart gives us three sisters whose bond—scratchy and well-worn but stronger for it—is unspoken but effortless.”
—NPR
 
“Fans of strong female characters will find their new favorite heroine in Constance Kopp.”
—Cosmopolitan
 
“A highly willful protagonist penned with the utmost historical accuracy.”
—San Francisco Magazine
 
“A smart, romping adventure, featuring some of the most memorable and powerful female characters I’ve seen in print for a long time. I loved every page as I followed the Kopp sisters through a too-good-to-be-true (but mostly true!) tale of violence, courage, stubbornness, and resourcefulness.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert
 

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0544409949
• ISBN 13: 9780544409941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320