Karen J. Kijewski creëert boeiende verhalen die de donkerdere kanten van de menselijke natuur verkennen. Haar schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door scherpe dialogen en ingewikkeld opgebouwde mysteries die de lezers tot het einde toe boeien. Door haar werk verkent Kijewski vaak complexe morele dilemma's, die de ambiguïteiten van de echte wereld weerspiegelen. Haar proza is precies en beeldend, en biedt lezers een diep inzicht in de psychologie van haar personages.
Kat Colorado--"a private eye with a sense of fun and brains to spare" ("The New York Times Book Review")--agrees to protect an abused wife from her homicidal husband, only to find herself wandering a twisted trail of deceit and deadly menace.
A Sacramento attorney commits suicide--and Kat finds a video suggested he'd been blackmailed. But as Kat investigates, she discovers that the extortionist has a charitable streak, ordering victims to make their payments to an organization that helps handicapped kids. See centerpiece feature.
"Clever sleuthing...a great setup...Kijewski writes with wit and fine pacing, and Kat remains invigorating company". -- Publishers Weekly A Sacramento attorney commits suicide -- and Kat finds a video suggesting heal been blackmailed. But as Kat investigates, she discovers that the extortionist has a charitable streak, ordering victims to make their payments to an organization that helps handicapped kids. Kijewski fans will love this thrilling new entry in the series that features tough-talking Kat Colorado. "The quintessential female P.I". -- Booklist
A Kat Colorado mystery.
She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard--it can be murder.Kat Colorado knows the dangers of letting a case get too big a piece of your soul. But some cases don't give you a choice, like the death of twenty-two-year-old Courtney Dillard. Kat found her battered body on a dark Sacramento freeway, an apparent hit-and-run victim. Courtney's mother is convinced her death was no accident, and hires Kat to find the truth. As sweet and good-hearted as she was, Courtney had no shortage of enemies, Kat learns. And they make no secret of their belief in blood vengeance.Kat's also looking for the truth about her relationship with Hank, who's wrestling with his own soul-eating case. A serial killer is stalking the Vegas Strip, and Hank's investigation is taking him over the line. His obsession could cost him both Kat and his career--while Kat's could cost her her life.
She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard -- it can be murder. It's hard to tell where the truth ends and the lies begin when Kat is hired to look into the death of a young woman in a historic California gold-country resort town. The police have closed the books on Deidre Durkin's murder; it was a tragic robbery-homicide. But could a clever murderer have created the illusion of a parking-lot theft gone bad? Was Deidre's loving husband as perfect as he seemed? The more Kat finds out about the victim, the less she's convinced that Deidre was the woman she appeared to be. But then Kat, in her undercover role as a bartender, isn't the person she pretends to be, either. And as Kat discovers, in this little town, even life and death are an illusion.
Kat, une détective privée (mais pas d'esprit) enquête à Las Vegas chez les patrons de casino, les gens du bâtiment, les conseillers municipaux. Pires que la Mafia, ces mecs !
