Contributions

  • Rocío Martínez Ranedo - Translator

Publication

2004-12-01 - Umbriel

Language

Spanish

Translation of: Night Work

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL13355895M
  • ISBN-139788495618757
  • ISBN-108495618753
  • OCLC Control Number57548555
  • Goodreads5113603
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  • Amazon8495618753
  • The StoryGraph90045a82-158b-4612-b189-7fd0ff6d2f36

Description

"After her last harrowing case Kate is more than ready for routine police work and a newfound serenity with her longtime lover, Lee, and their circle of close friends. Until one night when her pager summons her to a scene of carefully executed murder. Half-hidden in a clump of bushes lies a well-muscled corpse, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The only person who might have wanted airport baggage handler James Larsen dead, it seems, is the wife he repeatedly abused - who recently left him for a women's shelter. But her alibi is airtight, her physique frail, and her attitude less than vengeful." "Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are stumped. Then a second body turns up - also zapped, cuffed, strangled ... and carrying a chocolate bar. It is that of Matthew Banderas, a software salesman convicted of one rape, suspected of many more.". "Yet Kate and Al can establish no personal link between the victims and cannot rule out coincidence. But in the midst of an unpromising investigation, Kate has another cause thrust upon her by her friend, feminist minister Roz Hall. Investigators have already called it an accident, but Roz is convinced the young Indian bride was actually murdered - and when Roz takes up a crusade, no one can deny her. As Kate wrestles with the clash between her personal and professional lives, a third killing draws her and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a contemporary-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots."--BOOK JACKET.

Description

Una causa justa, una venganza sangrienta... en los oscuros márgenes donde no llega la ley, crece y se nutre la violencia más ancestral ¿quién puede detenerla? Las noches de San Francisco ya no son seguras para los hombres que golpean a sus un misterioso grupo se toma la justicia por su mano, los asalta y los deja desnudos y atados en lugares públicos. El asunto provoca muchos chistes pero pierde su lado cómico el día en que dos de esos hombres aparecen muertos, esposados y brutalmente estrangulados. Un caso especialmente delicado para la detective Kate Martinelli, cuyas simpatías se decantan mucho más del lado de las sospechosas que del de las víctimas. Y un caso que, además, incide directamente en su vida personal, ya que aparece implicada Roz Hall, mujer sacerdote, combativa feminista y parte del círculo íntimo de amistades de Kate. Para complicar las cosas, un nuevo asunto se cruza en el camino de la detective, cuando una jovencísima esposa india sufre un sospechoso accidente doméstico y aparece quemada viva. Kate deberá dejar de lado sus más profundas convicciones para encontrar una verdad que resulta mucho más compleja y estremecedora de lo que parece. El nuevo caso de la inspectora Kate Martinelli, una mujer detective atípica y fascinante con la que Laurie R. King ha cautivado a una legión de lectores en todo el mundo, es un thriller inteligente que escudriña en los aspectos más ocultos de la naturaleza humana.

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