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by 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 (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lambda Award winner scores again in this clever who-done-it, 13 Aug 1997
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This review is from: Apparition Alley: A Kate Delafield Mystery (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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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 7 Jun 1998
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This review is from: Apparition Alley: A Kate Delafield Mystery (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
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This review is from: Apparition Alley: A Kate Delafield Mystery (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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3.0 out of 5 stars OK But Not Great
This book was an OK book. Perhaps I was expecting more. One of the things that I did like about this book was Kates attitude and her love for being a member of the LAPD. Read more
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