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Title details for The Policeman's Daughter by Trudy Nan Boyce - Available

The Policeman's Daughter

#3 in series

by Trudy Nan Boyce
Allyson Ryan
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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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Detective Sarah Alt

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 27, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525525356
      • File size: 310518 KB
      • Duration: 10:46:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 30, 2017
      Boyce’s captivating third novel featuring Atlanta PD officer Sarah “Salt” Alt (after 2017’s Old Bones) is a prequel about how Salt became a detective that introduces a cast of multidimensional characters that bring the gritty neighborhood to life. Salt, still a beat cop, is working one of the toughest beats in the city, an area called the Homes. During a routine traffic stop, she is shot in the head, giving her prolonged eyesight problems. She starts to see double and even has what appear to be visions, but she hides the injury to avoid being taken off the street. When Shannell, a crack addict and sex worker Salt knows, is murdered, Salt can’t let the investigation rest, even though she’s not a detective and the case has immediately gone cold. Salt chases leads that result in conflict between her and the local gang. This taut, authentic depiction of life as a female beat cop will resonate with crime fiction fans. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Associates.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Detective Salt (Sarah Alt) is portrayed with passion in a clear, warm voice by narrator Allyson Ryan. Well-developed characters and authentic dialogue are Boyce's strengths, and Ryan splendidly enhances them. This gritty police procedural takes place before Salt has been promoted to detective. The current case involves a drug-addicted hooker, Shannell, and her boyfriend, "Big D," who have an abusive relationship. They live in a housing project in Atlanta that is plagued by violence. In addition, Salt, an absorbing and engaging character, is still dealing with her father's suicide when she was 10. Ryan brings a bit of lightness and hope to the otherwise gritty plot with changes in pacing and tone. S.C.A. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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