Reviews" A Grave Talent kept me reading deep into the night." -- The Boston Globe "[An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy...This work exhibits strong psychological undertones, compelling urgency, and dramatic action." -- Library Journal, " A Grave Talent kept me reading deep into the night."- The Boston Globe "Unusually sensitive and densely imagined."- Kirkus Reviews "Prickling with excitement, full of intriguing characters... a story told well enough to hook and hold Rendell and P. D. James fans."- Booklist (starred)"[An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy."- Library Journal, " A Grave Talent kept me reading deep into the night."- The Boston Globe "[An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy...This work exhibits strong psychological undertones, compelling urgency, and dramatic action."- Library Journal, " A Grave Talent kept me reading deep into the night."- The Boston Globe "Unusually sensitive and densely imagined."- Kirkus Reviews "Prickling with excitement, full of intriguing characters... a story told well enough to hook and hold Rendell and P. D. James fans."- Booklist (starred)"[An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy."- Library Journal, [An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy...This work exhibits strong psychological undertones, compelling urgency, and dramatic action., " A Grave Talent kept me reading deep into the night."- The Boston Globe "Unusually sensitive and densely imagined."- Kirkus Reviews "Prickling with excitement, full of intriguing characters_ a story told well enough to hook and hold Rendell and P. D. James fans."- Booklist (starred)"[An] amazing first novel with intelligence, intrigue, and intricacy."- Library Journal
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SynopsisTHE EDGAR AWARD-WINNING NOVEL THE FIRST KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY In Laurie R. King's Grave Talent , the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless. For lesbian Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who's less than thrilled to be handed a green partner, it's a difficult case that just keeps getting harder. Then the police receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead: it seems that one of the residents of this odd colony is Vaun Adams, arguably the century's greatest woman painter and a notorious felon once convicted of a heinous crime. But what really happened eighteen years ago? To bring a murderer to justice, Kate must delve into the artist's dark past--even if it means losing everything she holds dear., Read the first Kate Martinelli Mystery by New York Times bestselling, Edgar award-winning novelist Laurie R. King. In Grave Talent , the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless. For lesbian Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who's less than thrilled to be handed a green partner, it's a difficult case that just keeps getting harder. Then the police receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead: it seems that one of the residents of this odd colony is Vaun Adams, arguably the century's greatest woman painter and a notorious felon once convicted of a heinous crime. But what really happened eighteen years ago? To bring a murderer to justice, Kate must delve into the artist's dark past--even if it means losing everything she holds dear.
LC Classification NumberPS3561.I4813