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Apparition Alley (Kate Delafield Mysteries) [Paperback]

Katherine V. Forrest (Author)
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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Prime Crime (Dec 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425176770
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425176771
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,378,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kate Delafield investigates the murder of a Los Angeles police officer who was about to reveal some deep, dark secrets. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"ZIPPED up tight, Kate," Sergeant Fred Hansen said, moving past her, holding his nine-millimeter slanted downward and close in to his body, trigger finger laid along the gun frame. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing 7 Jun 1998
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Katherine V. Forrest's messages in this book is that coming out is each individual's choice and no one has a right to force them to be visible. If you want to come out inch by inch or all at once, that is okay. But, unfortunately, she also tells us that the "system" is such that we have to accept substandard colleagues. She also plays with the "don't ask, don't tell" argument, which will always go around in circles without a conclusion. However, I am disappointed with the vehicles Forrest chose to approach these topics. I admire how she can craft scenes, bringing several very different characters into a room and a conversation that makes the reader laugh and cry. She failed to do that here. Secondly, I can not remember when Kate Delafield accepted less from a coworker. While recuperating from a gunshot wound caused accidently by a fellow officer, Delafield waited for a call from her team members that never came and then acquiesced to their weak excuses. Delafield has always confronted their weaknesses or sought their removal. Lastly, the scenes with the psychologist told me more about Delafield than I knew from previous books. But, the psychologist seemed to have given up on her when she could have pressed on for more.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cop Book 3 Nov 1998
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Although I am already a huge fan of Katherine Forrest, I was still surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. The story starts out with Kate D. attempting to arrest a suspect. This scene is exciting and very accurate down to the heckling of one of the female officers by an old woman in the building. I won't give away the rest of the book, but the end is a shocker that I really was not expecting. I loved the sections with the interactions between Kate and her lover as well.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Lambda Award winner scores again in this clever who-done-it 13 Aug 1997
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Format:Hardcover
LAPD homicide detective Kate Delafield, a gay woman working on a
homophobic police force, is shot when she serves a warrant on a teenage
suspect with a history of violence. During the ensuing melee, not only is
Kate hurt, but the suspect, who had a gun in his possession, is killed.
The investigators, who look into any shooting, quickly realize that Kate
was shot by friendly fire. They begin to wonder if this shooting might be
the deliberate act of a gay basher.

Kate cannot even heal in peace. She receives an urgent call from
fellow officer Luke Taggert, who is on suspension for killing an unarmed
civilian. Luke insists that he is innocent and being set up because he
exposed a corrupt cop years ago. Luke also tells Kate that his deceased
partner, was not the victim of a robbery gone bad. He asks her to look
into both cases, though he hides from her the fact that his partner was
about to reveal the identify of many homosexual officers.

APPARITION ALLEY is a well written police procedural with a unique
perspective: the alleged perpetrator is a police officer. This provides
the audience to glimpse into the political maneuvering and social biases
prevalent in the police force. The novel also indicts those individuals who
pervert the "serve and protect" credo for their own end. This provoking
novel is the one tree that stands out in the forest of recent police
procedurals. It is a multi-layered novel, rich in characterizations and
sub-plots that lead to a strong reader empathy. Katherine V. Forrest
deserves to be recognized as an outstanding talent.

Harriet Klausner

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