The Policeman's Daughter (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780399167287)

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.

Author: Trudy Nan Boyce
ISBN-10: 0399167285
ISBN-13: 9780399167287
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2018
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2017
Booklist 12/01/2017 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2017