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A review by billymac1962
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter
4.0
Karin Slaughter has been on my radar ever since I heard of Pretty Girls. A year ago last Christmas, my mother gave me a hardcover copy (first edition signed copy, no less. Thanks, Mom!) Cop Town, and this caused a dilemma with me. I felt some obligation to read this as it kept staring at me, even though I had really planned on Pretty Girls being my first read by her.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, my wife read and loved The Good Daughter. So it came to pass that push came to shove and I had to get the monkey called Cop Town off my back. It was quite good.
The main focus of this story is Atlanta, 1974 and the discrimination that two women cops are up against. Atlanta is under a significant culture change, with a black mayor, black police commissioner, and the good old white boys of the force hanging on to what is theirs: white, Christian, straight men power.
And someone is assassinating cops.
Slaughter has quite a mix going here. She could have kept things formulaic and set the focus on the hunt for the killer, but she has all of this to the beat of this social dynamic. It works extremely well.
So there. I've read her, I like her. And now I can place Pretty Girls or The Good Daughter on my immediate radar without this girl on the cover making me feel guilty. No regrets; it was good stuff. 4 solid stars.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, my wife read and loved The Good Daughter. So it came to pass that push came to shove and I had to get the monkey called Cop Town off my back. It was quite good.
The main focus of this story is Atlanta, 1974 and the discrimination that two women cops are up against. Atlanta is under a significant culture change, with a black mayor, black police commissioner, and the good old white boys of the force hanging on to what is theirs: white, Christian, straight men power.
And someone is assassinating cops.
Slaughter has quite a mix going here. She could have kept things formulaic and set the focus on the hunt for the killer, but she has all of this to the beat of this social dynamic. It works extremely well.
So there. I've read her, I like her. And now I can place Pretty Girls or The Good Daughter on my immediate radar without this girl on the cover making me feel guilty. No regrets; it was good stuff. 4 solid stars.