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Karen Kijewski

Auteur van Katwalk

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Karen Kijewski grew up in Berkeley, California, surrounded by books. Her earliest memories were of toddling behind her mother as they headed to the library. Kijewski majored in English in college and then went on to teach English at Brookline High School in Massachusetts, but she eventually left toon meer teaching to fulfill her lifelong calling as a writer. For eight years after becoming a full-time writer, Kijewski worked as a bartender at night to supplement her income. During this period, she completed four manuscripts, all of which she submitted to New York publishing houses, but it was with her fifth manuscript that Kijewski became a published author. The winner of St Martin's "The Best First Private Eye Novel of the Year Contest," Kijewski's first book, Katwalk, was the basis for her successful Kat Colorado Series thrillers. The principal character in Kijewski's nine-book series, Kat Colorado, is a private detective in Sacramento, California. Some of the books in the series include Katwalk, Katapult, Kat's Cradle, and Stray Kat Waltz. Kijewski uses real-life experiences, past and present, to make her novels realistic and identifiable. Kijewski's seventh novel in the series, Honky Tonk Kat, is set in Nashville and California and was researched in Nashville and on tour with country music star Lari White. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Karen Kijewski

Katwalk (1988) 320 exemplaren
Knijpkat (1992) 292 exemplaren
Copy Kat (1992) 278 exemplaren
Honky Tonk Kat (1996) 270 exemplaren
Alley Kat Blues (1995) 257 exemplaren
Wild Kat (1994) 256 exemplaren
Stray Kat Waltz (1998) 250 exemplaren
Kat Scratch Fever (1997) 239 exemplaren
Katapult (1990) 230 exemplaren

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The Mysterious West (1994) — Medewerker — 229 exemplaren
Sisters in Crime 5 (1992) — Medewerker — 85 exemplaren
Sisters in Crime 3 (1990) — Medewerker — 79 exemplaren
Spannend trio (1997) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren

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The 1980s and 1990s saw a surge of books featuring capable, strong, independent and immensely self-reliant female private investigators, such as Sara Paretsky’s V I Warshawki, Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, and Linda Barnes’s Carlotta Carlyle.

A less well-known member of that group is Karen Kijewski’s Kat Colorado, based in Sacrmento. This book marked her first appearance in 1989, and followed her to Las Vegas to discover what a friend’s soon-to-be-ex-husband has done with a significant portion of her divorce settlement. Kat finds herself immersed in a world of dodgy property developments.

The plot was well put together, and included what seemed to be a very clever, and seemingly plausible, money laundering scheme (always of interest to a former tax inspector). I did feel, however, that the tone of the novel had not aged well. What might well have been seen as feistily feminist at the time now seems almost to be affirming male chauvinist views. Still, I enjoyed the story, although I doubt if I will go back to dig out any others from the series.
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10
Ook door
4
Leden
2,393
Populariteit
#10,725
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½ 3.6
Besprekingen
22
ISBNs
61
Talen
6
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