
Amateur City
A Kate Delafield Mystery, Book 1
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Kate Zane
Tough and demanding LAPD Detective Kate Delafield is the leader of the investigation into a high-rise office building murder. The case is intriguing but routine - until Kate interviews the only witness, Ellen O'Neil.
When Ellen O'Neil took her new job over the objections of her lover, she wasn't expecting to become embroiled in murder. The curiosity that Kate Delafield rouses is equally unexpected. But it is never far from Ellen's mind that she is merely a name on an interview sheet to the tight-lipped detective.
Kate's thin trail of clues are enough to convince her that she is looking for an amateur, and amateurs are notoriously unpredictable and dangerous. She finds her path increasingly intersecting with that of Ellen O'Neil, who is proving unpredictable and dangerous in a far more personal way.
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I found it interesting in a historical sense because all of the civil rights issues we struggle with today are laid bare and out in the open with a particular focus on lesbian and gay persecution in this 1980s world. The same forces are still at work today but they are better camouflaged.
I was really struck by the wisdom in this book. The main character is solid relatable character in the spirit of the alphabet series (Kinsey Milhone) which for me is the gold standard for female sleuths. Why aren’t there more characters like this today?
There are so many more female sleuths written today but I’ve not found any that are likable like this character. The romance is usually over the top and nearly every one of them has been brutally raped and abused by men in their origin stories. Why is it today that strong women have to have been brutalized in order to show their toughness?
I liked the lesbian love story. It was interesting to see how the women came to love each other—it seemed very tender and a totally different feel than heterosexual love. There was no sense of one person (the man) coming into the other’s (woman’s) life like a freight train. After which the woman will obsess about her man forever after.
Also—this book has an accurate description of female climaxes (yes the body does stiffen)
Well let’s just say that women need certain types of touch and they can have many happy moments instead of just one. But in books is always just the man that causes all the pleasure completely hands free. That’s just not the way it usually works. Why don’t more books acknowledge this anatomical truth? With the right touch women can really have a good time—it’s not just one and done. This bothers me every time I read about heterosexual encounters—they’re never realistic.
It’s not fast paced and there is very little action which bothered me but this character was so refreshing. I was so relieved that I liked this character and I feel safe to listen to more because I feel like she represents my values and there won’t be anything happening that denigrates women. And I usually am afraid of the series in the sense that something very violent or offensive will happen to women and it will be treated as part of the fun.
So this is my second favorite series after the alphabet series.
1984! I will listen to the whole series
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Decent Detective
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listening to each person she interviewed-
very police procedural....
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If you lived in 1984 nothing in this book would shock you
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I couldn't get a refund
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The narrator was good.
What year?
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Awful narration
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monotonous
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still a classic
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