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Summary: A Fast-paced read
Review: ...Robin Burcell is a criminal investigator in Northern California, has worked as a homicide detective, a patrol officer, a member of the hostage negotiating team and is an FBI trained forensic artist. It hardly seems fair that she can write too! One of the problems with authors like Robin Burcell, Linda Fairstein, Paul Bishop, is that most reviews stress their authenticity. Well, of course they are authentic, these writers write about the work they do themselves. What should be stressed is not only that these writers write authentic stuff, they do it extremely well! Fatal Truth is the second in the Kate Gillespie series. The first was Every Move She Makes, another terrific book. Kate is a Homicide Inspector with the San Francisco Police Department. Just like Nash Bridges, except Kate plays by the rules. In Fatal Truth, Kate witnesses a homicide that involves an informant she is working with, and a cop she knows. Quite soon, she finds herself the target of someone who is setting her up to take the blame for the murder. Who is trying to discredit her? Whom can she trust? And where does the enigmatic but very attractive Lieutenant Mike Torrance fit in. Robin Burcell writes a fast-paced, intriguing story with surprises around every corner, including a connection to the past death of a family member. I didn't have to read any parts with my eyes closed but there's pleny of action going on. This novel will definitely show up on my ten favorites of the year. ...
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Summary: Great!
Review: After reading Every Move She Makes I went out and bought this, i was so exciting about reading it, although when I saw the book on the shelf at the store I was kinda dissapointed because it was so thin, I wasnt at all dissapointed with the story! Cant wait for her next one!!
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Summary: Robin, Robin, Robin, BRAVO! You did it again.
Review: I have been waiting for this book since the first Gillespie book. Love this one as much as the first. It has everything I love about suspense and romance. Torrance...love him. Please hurry with the third book. Only one small complaint. Wish the book was longer. My problem, not yours. Go Robin. Good job.
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Summary: Truth is - its great!
Review: If you like suspenseful detective stories you can't go wrong with this book. Robin Burcell spins a fascinating story of corruption within the San francisco Police Department and its effect upon the lives relationships of those police officers who chose to expose it. However, it is the characters that stand out in this series. Kate Gillespie is a wonderful protagonist about whom I hope to read more in the future.
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Summary: Truth is - its great!
Review: If you like suspenseful detective stories you can't go wrong with this book. Robin Burcell spins a fascinating story of corruption within the San francisco Police Department and its effect upon the lives relationships of those police officers who chose to expose it. However, it is the characters that stand out in this series. Kate Gillespie is a wonderful protagonist about whom I hope to read more in the future.
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Summary: enjoyable police procedural
Review: Kate Gillespie is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco police department. Her brother worked in the same department, but a dozen years ago while an Internal Affairs investigation was going on into his activities when he died of an overdose. Now Kate works very hard to make up for her brother's mistakes. When a snitch calls her to set up a meeting, she goes to the meeting point only to find her mark gunned down in cold blood by another police officer. She calls the one officer she trusts, police officer Mike Torrance. They meet at a local cop bar when they find out that the officer who killed Kate's snitch is now dead, the victim of a hit and run. Kate is assigned to investigate the officer's death and it doesn't take her long to learn there are other officers that are dirty and this case ties back to her brother's suicide. Fans of police procedurals and crime thrillers will definitely enjoy reading FATAL DEATH. The heroine is a person who obeys the rules except when the lives of her family are at stake, a situation that immediately endears her to the audience. Robin Burcell, a police officer herself, shows the gritty work involved in policing a big city. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: enjoyable police procedural
Review: Kate Gillespie is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco police department. Her brother worked in the same department, but a dozen years ago while an Internal Affairs investigation was going on into his activities when he died of an overdose. Now Kate works very hard to make up for her brother's mistakes. When a snitch calls her to set up a meeting, she goes to the meeting point only to find her mark gunned down in cold blood by another police officer. She calls the one officer she trusts, police officer Mike Torrance. They meet at a local cop bar when they find out that the officer who killed Kate's snitch is now dead, the victim of a hit and run. Kate is assigned to investigate the officer's death and it doesn't take her long to learn there are other officers that are dirty and this case ties back to her brother's suicide. Fans of police procedurals and crime thrillers will definitely enjoy reading FATAL DEATH. The heroine is a person who obeys the rules except when the lives of her family are at stake, a situation that immediately endears her to the audience. Robin Burcell, a police officer herself, shows the gritty work involved in policing a big city. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Exciting Police Procedural
Review: Robin Burcell, herself a police officer, has written another excellent police procedural novel featuring San Francisco Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie. "Fatal Truth" has a fine cast of characters and a plot that grabs you from page one. The death of a police officer leads Kate to investigate possible police involvement in drug dealing, which also may be connected to the suspicious death of her brother 12 years before. She soon finds herself being set up for the police officer's murder. Aided by her former partner and by the Internal Affairs investigator she is drawn to, Kate doggedly pursues the clues that lead to some slam-bang confrontations and a resolution that is both professionally and personally satisfiying. A great follow-up to "Every Move She Makes."
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Summary: A highly entertaining novel well worthy of a reader's time
Review: Several years ago, Robin Burcell debuted with EVERY MOVE SHE MAKES. That was one of my favorite first novels of that year. It was also a favorite of mystery fans all over the country in that it was nominated for an Anthony, as well as, the winner of the Barry Award. At long last, Robin has returned with her second crime novel. She proves, without a doubt, that the accolades given to the first novel was no fluke.
Kate Gillespie, a Homicide Inspector of the San Francisco Police Department, receives a frantic phone call from a snitch, Squeaky Kincaid. He wants to meet with her immediately. He feels his life is being threatened by a vast plot. On getting to the meeting place in an alley, Kate witnesses the execution of Squeaky by a fellow police officer. The question is, was she seen and how deep does the bad blood run in the SFPD? Kate fears for her life.
At the same time, Kate's aunt wants to find the mother of her nephew, Kevin. He was abandoned by his mother as an infant and his psychologist feels that a reunion would be beneficial. Kate asks her retired ex-partner, Scolari, to look into it.
It has been several years since Robin's first book was released. Her books are written in the style of the hard boiled crime fiction. Characters are tough and prove it by walking into danger again and again. Yet, they are very human as evidenced by Kate's persistent struggle with romance and close relationships. Chapters have cliffhanger endings forcing the pages to fly. The plot is quite riveting. A problem with the book, however, are the coincidences that occur again and again. All events are connected. Scenes such as Kate stumbling into an exposition scene in which the villain holds the goodguys hostage just prior to killing them while divulging all, adds to the sense that reality must be suspended. Everything is wrapped up way too neat and pretty at the end. Nonetheless, Robin Burcell has written a highly entertaining novel well worthy of the reader's time.
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Summary: Great
Review: The book was absolutely great. I read the book in just three days. I couldn't put it down. I would recommend the book to everyone.
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