- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Books; Reprint edition (Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553578251
- ISBN-13: 978-0553578256
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.8 x 17.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,240,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kate Martinelli, heroine of Laurie R King's new thriller Night Work is a high-profile San Francisco homicide detective simply because she is the one out lesbian in the job; inevitably she spends much of her social life with other high-profile lesbians such as her own lover's ex, minister Roz, and is caught up in the tos and fros of the lesbian and gay political and artistic scene. When she finds herself investigating a series of vigilante killings of wife-beaters, rapists and child abusers, she has to ask herself serious questions about her loyalties, particularly when Roz is preaching powerful sermons about the vengefulness of God the Mother and pursuing what seems to be a case of bride-burning in the South Asian community. And are the killings the darker face of a series of feminist pranks against abusive man carried out by the guerilla group called the Ladies of Perpetual Disgruntlement? This is a serious-minded, but entertaining thriller about a conflict of duties and about some serious issues--when you know your cause is just, just how far do you go? Kate Martinelli is more than a poster-child lesbian cop; she is a sincere and passionate viewpoint character caught in intriguing puzzles and dilemmas. --Roz Kaveney
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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‘Brilliantly written… it is both intriguing and wholly absorbing’
T. J. Binyon, Evening Standard (of Birth of a New Moon)
‘Well-written and totally gripping’
Guardian (Birth of a New Moon)
‘Pacy, skilfully layered narrative, notable for its wit, affection and unflashy know-how’
Literary Review (of With Child)
‘Original, and subtle’
Evening Standard (of To Play the Fool)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
one of the big drawbacks of being an editor is reading critically (and I do) so when I come across a book which is badly edited (as this one is) or badly written (which this one is) I get very uptight and the storyline (no matter how good) is spoiled.
That sentence alone should tell any prospective purchaser to beware the brackets. Ms King uses them all the time, ad nauseum. She could so easily have changed the sentences round to exclude them.
The second fault with the book is this:
we are in a society where gay/lesbian is accepted, for the most part. This relationship should have been treated the same as any other, but it isn't, the emphasis all the time is on the lesbian aspect. I did not and do not need it thrown at me all the time. Hint at it, ignore it, have the women live together. socialise together, do what they want together without the reader being told about it.
Because ... what this has done (and I am only half way through - not sure if I will finish it, brackets and all) is to detract from what this book is supposed to be, a crime thriller. It isn't, it's a 'look at us disporting lesbians who might have a murder to solve but that is incidental' book.
Very disappointing. I expected so much more and will NOT, under any circumstances, bother with this lady's work again until someone reassures me that either she learns to write without either of those encumbrances or her editor learns to strip them out and then send the book back and say 'do it like this, please!' which I would have done, had I been editing her work.
(speaking from 32 years of writing and 18 years of editing, before anyone yells I don't know what I am on about...)
That sentence alone should tell any prospective purchaser to beware the brackets. Ms King uses them all the time, ad nauseum. She could so easily have changed the sentences round to exclude them.
The second fault with the book is this:
we are in a society where gay/lesbian is accepted, for the most part. This relationship should have been treated the same as any other, but it isn't, the emphasis all the time is on the lesbian aspect. I did not and do not need it thrown at me all the time. Hint at it, ignore it, have the women live together. socialise together, do what they want together without the reader being told about it.
Because ... what this has done (and I am only half way through - not sure if I will finish it, brackets and all) is to detract from what this book is supposed to be, a crime thriller. It isn't, it's a 'look at us disporting lesbians who might have a murder to solve but that is incidental' book.
Very disappointing. I expected so much more and will NOT, under any circumstances, bother with this lady's work again until someone reassures me that either she learns to write without either of those encumbrances or her editor learns to strip them out and then send the book back and say 'do it like this, please!' which I would have done, had I been editing her work.
(speaking from 32 years of writing and 18 years of editing, before anyone yells I don't know what I am on about...)
Format:Hardcover
this is the first of the Kate Martinelli books that i read, and its the reason i read the rest. It grabs your attention from the begining and doesn't let up. Its witty,and in some places humorous.I often found myself laughing out loud.
It has a theme of women punishing those who deserve it and, not quite recieving the appropriate (in some eyes) term. It also deals with the interaction and emotion of a cast of very real characters. And also the relatioship between Two gay women which is dealt with in a delicate and realistic light. Showing the predjudices and hardships of normal life.
Slow in some parts. On one or two occasions veering off the subject in hand.......but overall a book i'd recommend.
If you like this, you will love another, earlier novel in the series called 'with child'. It had me gripped till the end
Happy reading,
yours jodi
It has a theme of women punishing those who deserve it and, not quite recieving the appropriate (in some eyes) term. It also deals with the interaction and emotion of a cast of very real characters. And also the relatioship between Two gay women which is dealt with in a delicate and realistic light. Showing the predjudices and hardships of normal life.
Slow in some parts. On one or two occasions veering off the subject in hand.......but overall a book i'd recommend.
If you like this, you will love another, earlier novel in the series called 'with child'. It had me gripped till the end
Happy reading,
yours jodi
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
A fine contribution to the series, with perhaps even greater depth to the characters' complex relationships. The story line is intriguing and some of the issues it deals with genuinely disturbing (to a reviewer who inclines towards a smug, fluffy feminism).
In my opinion, this series is infinitely superior to the Mary Russell books.....
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irritating surroundings!
The second bok that I've read of Ms King, I found it an improvement on the first, Dark Place.
The plot in Night Work is not bad, interesting with it's duality, the perpetrator... Read more
The plot in Night Work is not bad, interesting with it's duality, the perpetrator... Read more
Published on 24 May 2005 by B. Jonsson
long overdue 4th installment in Kate Martinelli series!
The modern day series of San Francisco based novels produced by Laurie King has to be the most sympathetic and enjoyable work exported from the USA recently. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2001
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