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Alley Kat Blues
  

Alley Kat Blues (Hardcover)

de Karen Kijewski (Author)
3.0étoiles sur 5  Voir tous les commentaires (9 évaluations de client)

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Kat Colorado, Kijewski's chatty, no-nonsense Sacramento PI, is, like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone, flatly unromantic about her profession even as she's tickled pink by it. In this, her sixth case (after Kat Walk), she's often on the road between Sacramento, where she's investigating a suspicious hit-and-run, and Las Vegas, where she's investigating why Hank, her policeman beau, isn't returning her calls. Courtney Dillard, the young woman killed in the apparent hit-and-run, had left her Mormon family and her church because she felt stifled by their views on the role of women. Her mother believes she was murdered, and Kat, inclined to agree, suspects Courtney's former boyfriend. Meanwhile, back in Vegas, Hank (who still hasn't allayed Kat's suspicions of infidelity) becomes obsessed with the case of a serial killer called the Strip Stalker. Kijewski, winner of the Shamus and Anthony awards, sure-handedly builds up suspense, deftly moving Kat between California and Nevada, contrasting the excesses of religion and the excesses of Sin City.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.


From School Library Journal

YA?Kat Colorado, feisty investigator and girlfriend of Las Vegas cop Hank Parker, becomes embroiled in a family controversy and murder investigation when she discovers a young girl's mangled body, an apparent hit-and-run victim. The girl's mother begs Kat to look into her daughter's death but her religious husband refuses to cooperate. To add to Kat's problem, Hank is involved with a murder investigation of his own. He is pursuing a brutal serial killer and becomes romantically attached to an exotic dancer. Kat's heart is touched by both murders but her sense of humor and fair play remain intact. Kijewski improves her heroine with each novel; Alley Kat Blues is her best effort yet.?Katherine Fitch, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 One of the better books in the series, Avril 23 2002
Par Un client
This review is from: Alley Kat Blues (Paperback)
This was a hard-to-put-down book, exploring both the professional and personal sides of Kat's life. She must solve a heinous murder and resolve a roadblock in her relationship with her cop lover, Hank. Great characters in a compelling story. From other reviews that seemed to concentrate on the Mormon aspects of the plot, it appears that the word went out to Mormons to disparage the book, unfairly so, I believe. "Alley Kat Blues" is a fine addition to a series that gets better with every book. If you like gutsy female PIs and a gripping read, this book's for you.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 Disappointing, Déc 18 2001
Par S. Florman "Historical songster" (Andover, MN USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Alley Kat Blues (Paperback)
I recently "discovered" Kat Colorado and for the first few books was impressed, but this one is sadly lacking. A little too predictable, and badly damaged by the author's misinformation about the Mormon Church. She recycles every silly myth published in the dime-novel dreadfuls of the 1880s and leaves one wondering if she's ever met any real live Latter-day Saints. Sad, considering that in plot context, she could have invented a fictional cult instead of maligning a major Christian church with 5 million members in the US and Canada alone.

One of the things that drew me to Kat was her sense of ethics. Many Mormons might agree with this and like the character, until this book, where her anti-religious bigotry shows in unfounded accusations of bigotry against religion (she continues this unfortunate development in "Stray Kat Waltz").

Too bad. A major loss to the underpopulated woman detective genre.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 boring, predictable, Juil 6 2000
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This review is from: Alley Kat Blues (Paperback)
This is the first Kijewski book I've read and probably the last. The characters had no depth and were relentlessly one dimensional. The plot was totally predictable - within three paragraphs of the introduction of the killer, I knew he had done it! I was intrigued that several of the readers were offended by her portrayal of the mormon church, in particular its treatment of women. This was the one aspect of her plot and characterizations that I found to be interesting and believable.
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1.0étoiles sur 5 Disappointed!
I love Kat Kolorado and I've loved reading her adventures especially since I've never been to the southwest and I thought I was learning important info on the area. Read more
Publié le Déc 31 1999 par JoAnne Coakley

1.0étoiles sur 5 Religious Bias Offensive
I've enjoyed Kijewski in the past but found this book offensive. She had a poor mastery of the facts regarding the Mormon religion, and made no attempt to mask her distaste for... Read more
Publié le Sep 8 1999

3.0étoiles sur 5 An entertaining read, but I'm tired of feeling offended
Karen Kijewski writes within the formula nicely, but I think "Alley Kat Blues" will be my last Kat Colorado book. Read more
Publié le Aoû 25 1999

4.0étoiles sur 5 Interestsing, but found her a little biased against LDS
I love all of Ms Kijewski's books but I did find her a little hard on the Mormons in this particular book. Read more
Publié le Janv. 7 1999

5.0étoiles sur 5 More than a mystery
I've read almost all of Kijewski's books and this is my favorite so far. There's a lot going on here -Kat is having personal as well as professional problems. Read more
Publié le Jui 26 1998

4.0étoiles sur 5 Kijewski never disappoints...
Karen Kijewski never fails to entertain me with gutsy, bold characters confronting too-true situations. Patricia Cornwell she is not, but an interesting read nonetheless. Read more
Publié le Avril 3 1997

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