- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Collins Crime; 1st ed 1st printing edition (20 Mar 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002326116
- ISBN-13: 978-0002326117
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,445,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Temporarily bereft of both her lover, Lee Cooper, who - still recovering from the wound that plagued her all through To Play the Fool (p. 30) - has taken off for Puget Sound, and her partner, Al Hawkin, preoccupied with his upcoming marriage to medievalist Jani Cameron, Inspector Kate Martinelli agrees to help Jani's preteen daughter Jules track down Dio, a homeless boy she met in a San Francisco park over the summer. The hunt for Dio is routine, but in the time it takes to locate him, Kate finds herself drawing unusually close to precocious Jules - and she's doubly devastated when, in the middle of their car trip north to celebrate Jani's honeymoon with Al, Jules disappears from their motel. The local police assume she was abducted and killed, horribly, by the fearsome Snoqualmie Strangler; the press buzzes with even more hurtful rumors about the flamboyantly lesbian cop and her butch-cut young companion; and Jani, who obviously wishes Kate were dead, makes her wish she were too. Without any hope that she'll find Jules alive, Kate still searches frantically for some clue about her fate that will allow her closure and mourning; and for that clue she can only turn, logically enough, to Dio - in a beautifully nuanced transformation of the traditional roles of detective, assistant, and victim. Like a slow-burning fire, the story makes you hurt deeply for King's characters before you realize what's happening to you. (Kirkus Reviews)
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This novel features the San Francisco homicide detective, Kate Martinelli. Feeling rejected by her partner, Lee, Kate befriends bright 12-year-old Jules. On a trip to northern Washington, in a rural area where a serial killer has been victimizing young girls, Jules disappears.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book as I have loved all of her Kate books. Its so easy to read and yet she never talks down and is able to keep a sense of normal life and thriller, which increases the complexity and the interest level high. Great book
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Between these, her Kate Martinelli series, and her Sherlock Holmes continuations, Laurie R King delivers clever and very well written books that hook and drive a need for the next and the next......
They do not spoon feed you and reward the reader with a compelling and interesting view on our world, improving the Sherlock mythology and more specifically for this book, deliver characters you engage with and want to follow.
Time with her books is time very well spent.
They do not spoon feed you and reward the reader with a compelling and interesting view on our world, improving the Sherlock mythology and more specifically for this book, deliver characters you engage with and want to follow.
Time with her books is time very well spent.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
ANOTHER WONDERFUL BOOK FROM A BRILLIANT AUTHOR
6 Jan 1997Format:Hardcover
Sensitive, intense, and at times absolutely gut-wrenching, this book, the third in the Detective Kate Martinelli series, is my favorite to date. Even more so than in the previous two books in the series, Kate emerges as a strong, complex woman who is now fighting to reclaim herself after her life partner leaves to spend some time alone. Just as Kate gets her feet back underneath herself, the special bond she has been forming with Jules, a smarter-than average twelve year old, is threatened when Jules disappears while in Kate's care. The ensuing search is surrounded by accusations and strong emotions, climaxing in a thrilling rescue attempt. I encourage fans of King's Mary Russell books to check out her present-day heroine, as well.
Just a small warning--make sure you have plenty of time to read when you begin any of King's books--they are impossible to put down!
The two books preceding "With Child" in this series are "A Grave Talent" and "To Play the Fool," both excellent reads.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Good, but Laurie King can do and has done better
25 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
This book left me a little frustrated. I think Laurie King is great writer. What I believe sets her apart from other writers, mystery or otherwise, is her ability to cleverly weave research into an interesting plot. We've all read books where the authors have obviously researched--and I mean obviously. They may as well present their information in the form of a numbered list titled "Things I've learned about..." Laurie King, on the other hand, feeds us information on cults, obscure religious movements, the Bible while building strong characters and a riveting plot. Now the complaints--what happened in this Kate Martinelli book? In the first, I learned about art and about "the high-extracting personality." In the second, I learned about a religious movement called "the fools." In this one, she seemed to have fallen into the Patricia Cornwell trap. I didn't learn about anything except how Kate Martinelli always ends up being the next victim just like Cornwell's Kaye Scarpetti. Having said this, I should add that I still give the book 4 stars. It's a quick read and kept my interest, I just expect more from Laurie King. I know she can do better--I've read the proof.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Emotionally affecting
27 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
This is the most affecting of the Kate Martinelli mysteries I've read, both because of the heroine's physical and emotional vulnerability, and because of the sensitive handling of her bond with the missing girl. It compares well with A Grave Talent, and like it, presents a mystery focused on interpersonal, rather than more broadly social, issues.
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