Night Work

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

Best-selling author Laurie King has won both critical and popular acclaim for her mysteries featuring San Francisco detective Kate Martinelli.

Looking forward to routine police work after her last terrifying case, Kate finds herself on the trail of vigilantes targeting abusive men in the San Francisco area. Kate has just returned to active duty after being injured on the job. Her girl-friend, Lee, has moved back into their home, and their relationship is on the mend. But the calm, predictable life Kate's looking forward to doesn't materialize.

The Ladies of Perpetual Disgruntlement is practicing a modern equivalent of tarring and feathering violent men who seem to have escaped justice. The police department finds their antics humorous until men that fit their profile start turning up dead. As Kate tries to stop the killing, her investigation leads her too close to home for comfort.

A winner of the Edgar Award, Laurie King fills her mysteries with vivid characters and more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Narrator Alyssa Bresnahan finds the perfect voice for the tough-as-nails detective.

Listen to another of Kate Martinelli's cases in The Art of Detection.©2000 Laurie King (P)2004 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Rich, multi-layered storytelling that informs while it entertains." ( Washington Post Book World)

Good not great, not my favorite

I could have lived without all the Indian mythology stuff and the overly long descriptions. The production values are terrible. Weird word and paragraph spacing. But the biggest sin is that the narrator - who has narrated 3 previous books in this series - has inexplicably changed the pronunciation of a key character’s name. I call that narrator negligence. Did no one from the publishing house listen to this before it was released?

Good Book …

This is also another great book in this series. I like the story and the reader.
THE BIG DISAPPOINTMENT — Because I don’t have the actual book in front of me - I am puzzled as to why the name of Al Hawkins now wife is pronounced differently in this book. We were first introduced to here in book 1 and now in book 4 her name has changed.
That was a huge distraction for me.

Overall very good.

Once again the narrator is suburb in giving voice to the incredible character of Kate. The mystery is solid and holds up throughout the book. Supporting characters are obnoxious and difficult to tolerate. The character of Roz is overbearing and arrogant to the point of annoyance and dread. I spent the entire book wanting Kate to shoot her. A real shame she didn't. Kate's God like worship of Lee set my teeth on edge. I still believe Kate should have walked out on her long ago. But the book is about Kate and the author can't go wrong with that excellence of a character.

Night Work

Good story performance repeated lines in more then one place. Would recommend this to other listeners.

Not the worse edited job but pretty bad

Unfortunately someone was asleep when they edited this book. Lines were repeated, spacing was incorrect, and it was obvious recordings were done at different times. It was distracting.