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Featured in The Times Top 10 Crime Books of the Decade_________________________________________'Karin Slaughter is simply one of the best thriller writers working today, and Cop Town shows the author at the top of her game - relentless pacing, complex characters, and gritty realism, all set against the backdrop of a city on the edge. Slaughter's eye for detail and truth is unmatched . . . I'd follow her anywhere.' GILLIAN FLYNN_________________________________________
Atlanta, 1974. As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the police force will also be her last. For life is anything but easy in the male-dominated world of the Atlanta Police Department, where even the other female cops have little mercy for the new girl.
Kate isn't the only woman on the force who is finding things tough. Maggie Lawson followed her uncle and brother into the ranks to prove her worth in their cynical eyes. When Maggie and Kate become partners, and are sidelined in the search for the city's cop killer, their fury, pain, and pride finally reach boiling point.
With the killer poised to strike again, will Kate and Maggie have the courage to pursue their own line of investigation? And are they prepared to risk everything as they venture into the city's darkest heart?_________________________________________Crime and thriller masters know there's nothing better than a little Slaughter:
'I'd follow her anywhere' GILLIAN FLYNN 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' TESS GERRITSEN 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' LEE CHILD 'A writer of extraordinary talents' KATHY REICHS 'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' JEFFERY DEAVER 'A great writer at the peak of her powers' PETER JAMES 'Raw, powerful and utterly gripping' KATHRYN STOCKETT 'With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' CAMILLA LACKBERG 'Amongst the world's greatest and finest crime writers' YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR
Karin Slaughter hat mit dem Krimi 'Cop Town' ein authentisches Buch über Rassismus, Sexismus und Homophobie im Amerika (Atlanta, GA) der 70er Jahre geschaffen.
Durch Verwendung einer sehr brutalen, direkten und rohen Sprache kommen nicht nur die Handlungen besser zur Geltung, auch die Charaktere wirken dadurch lebhafter.
Das Buch ist hauptsächlich in den Perspektiven der beiden Hauptcharaktere, Maggie und Kate, verfasst, ab und an kommt jedoch auch der gesuchte Mörder zu Wort,...
It's man's man's man's world. A white man's world, that is. Atlanta, 1974. A cop killer is on the loose in a city that is rife with racism, sexism, anti-Semitism and homophobia. Cop Town follows rookie Kate Murphy in her first week on the job. She is partnered with Maggie Lawson, who followed her uncle and brother to the force and keeps trying to prove her worth to them. When the women are sidelined in the search for Atlanta's cop killer, they decide to pursue their own line of...
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Den Titel "Cop Town" empfindet ich als sehr passend. Die Geschichte spielt im Atlanta der 70er Jahre - die Kriminalitätsrate scheint erschreckend hoch zu sein und jedes Mal, wenn in der Stadt ein schwerwiegendes Verbrechen geschieht, strömen sämtliche Cops aus und machen alle auch nur ansatzweise verdächtigen Personen platt. Selbstjustiz scheint an der Tagesordnung zu sein - die Stadt wird mehr oder weniger von den Cops und deren Meinungsmachern regiert.
Das...
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