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Cold Case [Mass Market Paperback]

Robin Burcell (Author)
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Publication Date: Jan 8 2004
The colder it gets . . .
the hotter it gets.

Three years ago SFPD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie was in pursuit of a suspect who murdered a hooker in a sleazy motel, and she nearly lost her own life in the process. The shooter escaped into the San Francisco shadows and the trail went colder than the grave. Now Kate's appearance on a Bay Area "crime stoppers" TV show produces new leads that carry her back into the sordid world of drugs and prostitution -- and point her toward a local crime boss whose missing wife is possibly linked to multiple men and multiple murders. But when a dangerous knot of betrayals, secrets, and criminal cover-ups starts unraveling, Kate can only hope she'll be as lucky as she was on that black night at the Twin Palms Motel. Because the only way to the truth leads directly into the line of fire . . .

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Robin Burcell has been a police officer since 1983. During that time she has worked both as a detective in the Investigations Division and as a patrol officer. She was a member of the Hostage Negotiating Team and is the FBI-trained Forensic Artist for several different law enforcement agencies in her county. She is the author of two previous novels: Every Move She Makes, which was nominated for an Anthony Award, and Fatal Truth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Robing Burcell has written a great thriller again! July 13 2004
By E. J. Ehrlicher
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Burcell's mystery books are the type you can read in the family room without embarassment. Cold Case is a wonderful mixture of crime, secrets, a past 3 year case re-surfacing, hidden identities, gunshots and Kate Gillespie's wonderful cop humor. And the big question: will she or won't she with her amor, Mike Torrance? Another great Burcell book to pick and read and pack your troubles away and relax. Pray she lives a long life and keeps writing this series.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done female cop story Mar 7 2004
By booksforabuck
Format:Mass Market Paperback
San Francisco detective Kate Gillespie has no idea the hornet's nest she's about to stir up when she goes on TV, pleading for leads in a three-year-cold murder case. Soon she has an intriguing lead from a "Jane Doe" that puts Kate at the scene of a bank robbery/murder in progress. The bank robbery offers a clue--bullets that came from the same gun as the cold-case murder.

Soon Kate is knee-deep in a colorful cast of characters and suspects--a sexy gangster; the gangster's ex-wife, who goes by several different aliases and is currently missing; the ex-wife's transexual brother, "Louise"; the dead banker's non-grieving widow. Then there are the good guys, including her potential lover, Mike Torrance, formerly with the San Francisco police and now the FBI, and his oddly unemotional and far-too-pretty partner.

This book is nonstop action--driving here, questioning this suspect, tracing phone records, fingerprints, background checks, car chases, shootings, stalkings. It's a great deal of fun. And if I occasionally got lost in the complex twists and turns of the plot--there were some convoluted scenes with name after name after name thrown out until my head spun--most of the time I didn't care that I didn't know what was going on. I certainly gave up trying to figure it out and assumed all would be explained, which it was.

Kate Gillespie is a likeable, competent, no-nonsense heroine with just that hint of feminine vulnerability that makes me relate to her. I look forward to the next installment of her relationship with Torrance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read Feb 24 2004
By Jerica L. Peters
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I like Robin Burcell's books. They are light and engaging - with great insights into police procedures and the lives of detectives. The mystery in this book revolves around the case that Kate was investigating when she got shot. A television appearance by Kate mushrooms into a mystery that involves a mob boss's ex-wife, a restaurant owner, and a large amount of diamonds.

I also like the relationship that has developed over the last three books and this one between Kate and Mike - two people who are stubborn, demanding, hard-working, and obviously meant to be with each other. I am already looking forward to the next book in the series.

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