anneaustex 's review for:

Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

3.0

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The world of crime and cops has long been thought of as a man's territory but on Kate Murphy's first day we get to travel inside the local precinct and see it through the eyes of a woman. Set in the 1970's, Cop Town is also told without cell phones and computers on every desk but there is still plenty of discrimination against the female members of the tribe.

Thankfully I've never been the recipient of the lashing out of men against the women in their profession so it was eye opening to experience, through Kate's eyes, the gauntlet that she had to endure in order to make her place in the force. This book is tough and gritty and not cleaned up the way many novels are. It shows a bit of the underbelly of the police force from an insider's perspective.

Homosexuality is a reason for the big men of the force to pummel a suspect, racial/religious prejudice is very much in evidence and crime stops for no one. If you like it gritty and real this is a very entertaining story. At times I found myself being surprised it was written by a woman.

Thanks to Random House/Bantom Dell for the advance copy provided in exchange for this review.