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With Child (1997)

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0553574582 (ISBN13: 9780553574586)
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I gave this book 5 stars because I could NOT put it down. Halfway through I was completely committed to the plot and stayed up a few hours past my bedtime to finish it. the ending was quite, quite abrupt, which left me a little bit unsatisfied, but I still enjoyed myself up to that point.I was a bit concerned because I read the first, but not the second, book in this series. Fortunately the jump is not too crazy, and I was able to deduct what had previously occured no problem.I'm not a fan of the mystery genre, with just a few forays in my youth into P.D. James and Miss Murphy, but I am really liking this series. King has a a way with wry, almost black humor, reminiscent of her Mary Russell series but with the dark edge that a narrator such as Kate, a seasoned homicide detective, would imbue her life with. I was concerned that this book, with the double punch of Kate's frustrations with Lee as well as the very personal aspect of the Big Mystery would mire the novel in a lot of annoying drivel and guilt, a la New Moon from the Twilight series, but King does a good job of keeping the plot bouncy enough to keep Kate and us moving. The story is a bit dated--beeper? What is thaaat?--but I was somehow able to get past the culture shock and enjoyed the book to its fullest. My biggest qualm is that there's only two mroe books left! Gaaah!

I just gave in and let myself spend the afternoon finishing this book. While I wasn't impressed with every aspect of the writing (sometime the dialogue seemed a little stilted), I ultimately became totally absorbed in the story. I'm impressed with the complexity and depth of the characters and can't wait to read another book in the series. This is the first one I've read -- someone gave me this book a while ago and frankly I was reading it so that I could pass it on or get rid of it -- now I want to read it all over again! And all the others in the series. I don't consider myself much a mystery reader thus far in my life, but I felt a connection to these characters and am eager to read more. It was nice to spend the afternoon taking a break from my life and getting absorbed in theirs.

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I enjoyed With Child, although it didn't really feel like a mystery to me. It's more a novel about Kate Martinelli.True, Kate spends the first chunk of the book investigating a missing boy, but that isn't the focus of the book. It's really more about Kate's relationship with Jules, as well as Kate's search to figure things out.Overall, I enjoyed the book, particularly that (view spoiler)[Jules is found alive at the end. It would have been terribly sad to find her dead, and I'm glad that she was alive, especially after spending so much time getting to know Jules. (hide spoiler)]
—Kate

Great Laurie R King!I have been reading King for years - but the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, not the Kate Martinelli books. I started with the first one of the series, A Grave Talent, followed by To Play the Fool and now by this one ... With Child. The main character, Kate Martinelli, is an experienced San Francisco police officer in the mid 1990*s who has just been transferred to Homicide in the first book of the series.But as with all the Laurie R King books that I have read , these are so richly written that I become enthralled before the third page. We have a complex plot, which is threaded through the book. Wrapped around that are the main characters Kate, her police partner Al, her personal partner, Lee, and all their relationships and then we have yet another character which is the setting itself, San Francisco.All these threads are neatly and subtlely wrapped together into a strong cord (and chord!) that leaves the reader wanting to know more about the people and places.I highly recommend this entire series. While each book stands on its own as far as the crime that is the particular plot, you will want to start at the first one and work your way through for the pure pleasure of getting to know the characters and the pure pleasure of reading. If you think I am big fan of Laurie R King, you are right.
—Linda S Adams

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