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When a colleague becomes seriously ill, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has to delay her impending retirement to oversee an investigation into a recent spate of 'happy slappings' and minor assaults in the Kent area. Initially, she begrudgingly takes a back seat in the case, but it is not long before she is once again perilously close to the action. The wave of assaults has ignited a media furore and Fran is concerned that an unnecessary atmosphere of mass hysteria is being generated in the area. She soon finds herself having to spend as much time trying to control the media as trying to catch the criminals. However, the local reporter that initially broke the story, Dilly Pound, may have personal reasons for taking such an avid interest in the case. As the crimes gradually escalate and the line between 'happy slapping' and serious sexual assault becomes blurred, all mention of retirement is postponed until Fran can resolve the nightmare that has enveloped around her.
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Cold Pursuit is the second novel in Judith Cutler's Fran Harman series. Fran is asked to oversee a sick colleague's caseload until a permanent replacement can be found. Fran becomes involved with the investigations and we feel for her when she has to hand the caseload over to the new man. Office politics become involved and complicate Fran's professional and personal life in (for the reader) a highly satisfactory way.
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Having read Judith Cutler before but not for some years I was wondering if this book would be as good as the others I have read. I am glad to say I was not disappointed and look forward to the others in the series.
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Second Frances Harman Police Procedural
14 May 2012
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I read the UK version so there wasn't an opportunity for a publisher to translation to US English, however there was a couple of unusual terms that would not faze someone used to reading British mysteries but might need a bit of explanation. I'll do that at the end.
Frances Harman, upper level member of the police force, is the victim of an assault by a number of young students. While not seriously injured, this is seen as an opportunity for the victim of such an attack to show that these attacks are not harmless pranks. In the meantime she is also involved with investigating some sexual assaults and hopefully identifying the assailant before his behavior escalates.
While the crime plot is somewhat weaker than I like, the discovery of the perpetrator isn't based on any particularly skillful deduction, Frances Harman remains an interesting character in British police procedurals.
Now for the other stuff: The other review does a good job on Happy Slapping-- while this type of thing (deliberately recording premeditated assaults with the intent of posting them on the internet) occurs in the US, it hasn't been given fad status as it was in Europe and it certainly isn't known by the name. The other term that those in the US might not be familiar with is zimmer frame, a word derived from the name of the manufacturer for what in the US is called a walker or walking frame.
Preceded by Life Sentence and followed by Still Waters.
Frances Harman, upper level member of the police force, is the victim of an assault by a number of young students. While not seriously injured, this is seen as an opportunity for the victim of such an attack to show that these attacks are not harmless pranks. In the meantime she is also involved with investigating some sexual assaults and hopefully identifying the assailant before his behavior escalates.
While the crime plot is somewhat weaker than I like, the discovery of the perpetrator isn't based on any particularly skillful deduction, Frances Harman remains an interesting character in British police procedurals.
Now for the other stuff: The other review does a good job on Happy Slapping-- while this type of thing (deliberately recording premeditated assaults with the intent of posting them on the internet) occurs in the US, it hasn't been given fad status as it was in Europe and it certainly isn't known by the name. The other term that those in the US might not be familiar with is zimmer frame, a word derived from the name of the manufacturer for what in the US is called a walker or walking frame.
Preceded by Life Sentence and followed by Still Waters.
Judith Cutler's Fran Harman is one of my favorite police officers.
22 Sep 2011
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First Line: "Chief Superintendent Harman! Ms Harman!"
So near and yet so far. Counting the few remaining days until her retirement, Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is asked to fill in for a colleague who's undergone triple bypass surgery. All she has to do is oversee investigations into a rash of happy slappings (unprovoked attacks on individuals made in order to record the event on video phones) and minor assaults. Initially taking a backseat in these matters, due to the media frenzy it's not long before Fran is right in the thick of the action. Unfortunately she's spending as much of her time in an attempt to control the media as she is in trying to catch the criminals. The local reporter who broke the story has personal reasons for taking such an interest in the case, and as the crimes begin to intensify, there's no way Fran Harman is going to retire until she can resolve everything.
It's a shame for me as a reader that fifty-five-year-old Fran Harman is so close to retirement. She's reached a position of some authority, and you don't have to read very many pages before you know why. She doesn't waver at making tough decisions, she's not afraid of hard work, and she's a deft hand at working with her people and dealing with her superiors. She can even have the media eating from the palm of her hand:
"Is it true, Chief Superintendent Harman, that they've brought you back out of retirement to investigate these cases?"
"Golly, did I forget to park my Zimmer frame properly?" She looked about her in comic distress. "No, Ms Pound, I hadn't retired and have no immediate intention of doing so."
But this woman deserves retirement. For the first time in over twenty years, she's free to do as she pleases. Her children are grown and living their own lives. She's no longer spending every weekend caring for her aged parents. Moreover, she has a man in her life whom she loves dearly, and she'd like to be able to concentrate on their life together.
The investigations aren't solved by brilliant flashes of insight or marvels of deductive reasoning; they're solved by hard, dogged policework. Fran is in her element, although she does have to deal with a journalist who's such a timid blockhead that Fran doesn't know whether she wants to shake or slap Ms Dilly Pound-- and having the man she loves also be a police officer can put a crimp in her hands-on investigative style.
Reading Cold Pursuit lets you get to know an extremely talented police officer in her element. It's too bad Fran Harman can't be cloned and put in police forces around the world.
So near and yet so far. Counting the few remaining days until her retirement, Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is asked to fill in for a colleague who's undergone triple bypass surgery. All she has to do is oversee investigations into a rash of happy slappings (unprovoked attacks on individuals made in order to record the event on video phones) and minor assaults. Initially taking a backseat in these matters, due to the media frenzy it's not long before Fran is right in the thick of the action. Unfortunately she's spending as much of her time in an attempt to control the media as she is in trying to catch the criminals. The local reporter who broke the story has personal reasons for taking such an interest in the case, and as the crimes begin to intensify, there's no way Fran Harman is going to retire until she can resolve everything.
It's a shame for me as a reader that fifty-five-year-old Fran Harman is so close to retirement. She's reached a position of some authority, and you don't have to read very many pages before you know why. She doesn't waver at making tough decisions, she's not afraid of hard work, and she's a deft hand at working with her people and dealing with her superiors. She can even have the media eating from the palm of her hand:
"Is it true, Chief Superintendent Harman, that they've brought you back out of retirement to investigate these cases?"
"Golly, did I forget to park my Zimmer frame properly?" She looked about her in comic distress. "No, Ms Pound, I hadn't retired and have no immediate intention of doing so."
But this woman deserves retirement. For the first time in over twenty years, she's free to do as she pleases. Her children are grown and living their own lives. She's no longer spending every weekend caring for her aged parents. Moreover, she has a man in her life whom she loves dearly, and she'd like to be able to concentrate on their life together.
The investigations aren't solved by brilliant flashes of insight or marvels of deductive reasoning; they're solved by hard, dogged policework. Fran is in her element, although she does have to deal with a journalist who's such a timid blockhead that Fran doesn't know whether she wants to shake or slap Ms Dilly Pound-- and having the man she loves also be a police officer can put a crimp in her hands-on investigative style.
Reading Cold Pursuit lets you get to know an extremely talented police officer in her element. It's too bad Fran Harman can't be cloned and put in police forces around the world.
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