A review by 26crystal26
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

4.0

This one took some time for me to get into, I think because I missed Will Trent. At about the 40% mark, I finally got my groove and didn’t want to set the book down. Karin Slaughter definitely knows her stuff about police officers, Atlanta and the racism and sexism in the 70s. The sad part is, not much progress has really been made in those areas even though it’s 2021. Sure there are more police women and officers who are people of color, but I image it’s still a good ol’ boys club with a lot of difficult situations. Many passages that were written towards the end of the book by the villain reminded me of phrases I’ve heard in the news lately or read on Reddit by people who are just terrible (looking at you January 6th Capitol rioters). By the time the book ended, I was very drawn to Kate and Maggie (main characters) so if Karin Slaughter makes this a series... I would read them.