The Policeman's Daughter

Trudy Nan Boyce

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Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
15 March 2018

Crime & Mystery

"From author Trudy Nan Boyce, whose police procedural debut was hailed as ""authentic"" (NYTBR) and ""exceptional"" (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), returns with a stunning prequel to the Detective Salt series, the story behind the case that earned Salt her promotion to homicide.

From author Trudy Nan Boyce, whose police procedural debut was hailed as ""authentic"" (NYTBR) and ""exceptional"" (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), returns with a stunning prequel to the Detective Salt series, the story behind the case that earned Salt her promotion to homicide.

At the beginning of her career, Sarah ""Salt"" Alt was a beat cop in Atlanta's poorest, most violent housing project, The Homes. It is here that she meets the cast of misfits and criminals that will have a profound impact on her later cases- Man Man, the leader of the local gang on his way to better places; street dealer Lil D and his family; and Sister Connelly, old and observant, the matriarch of the neighborhood. A lone patrolwoman, Salt's closest lifeline is her friend and colleague Pepper, on his own beat nearby. And when a murder in The Homes brings detectives to the scene, Salt draws closer to Detective Wills, initiating a romance complicated by their positions on the force.

When Salt is shot and sustains a head injury during a routine traffic stop, the resulting visions begin leading her toward answers in the case that makes her career. This is the tale of a woman who solves crimes through a combination of keen observation, grunt work, and pure gut instinct; this is the making of Detective Salt."

By: Trudy Nan Boyce
Imprint: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780399167287
ISBN 10: 0399167285
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Trudy Nan Boyce received her Ph.D. in community counseling before becoming a police officer for the city of Atlanta. During her more-than-thirty-year career she served as a beat cop, a homicide detective, a senior hostage negotiator, and a lieutenant. Boyce retired from the police department in 2008 and still lives in Atlanta.

Reviews for The Policeman's Daughter

Praise for The Policeman's Daughter Former Atlanta police officer Boyce vividly captures the toll that working such a beat takes as she fleshes out Salt, with her imperfections, humanity, and strong moral sense. A worthy addition to a gritty, compelling series. --Booklist Captivating . . . Introduces a cast of multidimensional characters that bring the gritty neighborhood to life. . . . This taut, authentic depiction of life as a female beat cop will resonate with crime fiction fans. --Publishers Weekly Praise for the Sarah Alt Novels Superlative . . . Boyce, a former Atlanta police officer, knowingly explores an officer's calling, as well as moral questions, while maintaining realistic dialogue and Atlanta scenes. --Cleveland Plain-Dealer A superior crime novel . . . the author deftly develops strong characters, crackling, believable dialogue and great descriptions. Boyce's latest is a dark, fast-paced, violent tale pulsating with authenticity. It's intense crime fiction at its best! --Lansing State Journal Old Bones is an engaging police procedural with authentic characters, voice and action; it is also a rich literary work delving into racism and law enforcement relationships with the public. Boyce's history in the Atlanta Police Department provides an astute perspective that makes this novel so much more than a bad-guys-versus-good-guys showdown. She reaches deep into the heart of her subject and acknowledges, 'The incidents had their roots in slavery, Jim Crow, and the legacies of poverty and systemic racism.' Dark, haunting and disturbingly reflective of the world Boyce lives in, Old Bones is astounding. --Shelf Awareness (starred review) What's this? A female cop who doesn't look like a runway model and doesn't go mano a mano with psychotic killers? Trudy Nan Boyce may be a first-time author, but she was in law enforcement for more than 30 years, which should explain why the stationhouse personnel and forensic details in Out of the Blues feel so authentic. --Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review Exceptional . . . I figured authenticity would thrum from the dialogue, reality would pulse from the plot and the blues would be the narrative's soundtrack. I was correct on all counts. --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel