false <![CDATA[A Grave Talent (Kate Martinelli, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171524255m/104739.jpg 104739 14 This gripping debut of the Kate Martinelli mystery series won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery, generating wide critical acclaim and moving Laurie R. King into the upper tier of the genre. As <i>A Grave Talent </i>begins, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A string of shocking murders has occurred, each victim an innocent child. For 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 going to be a difficult case. Then the detectives receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead: it seems that one of the residents of this odd, close-knit colony is Vaun Adams, arguably the century's greatest painter of women, a man, as it turns out, with a sinister secret. For behind the brushes and canvases also stands a notorious felon once convicted of strangling a little girl. What really happened on that day of savage violence eighteen years ago? To bring a murderer to justice, Kate must delve into the artist's dark past--even if she knows it means losing everything she holds dear. 2998264 book 1993 A Grave Talent total:768|5:179|4:361|3:190|2:35|1:3| 768 2982 1022 86 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 03:48:49 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 03:48:59 -0700 2009 Together they investigate the murders of three little girls in separate incidences. The bodies are found in the same area and the occupants of ‘The Road’ are the most likely suspects. T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 13:25:40 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 12:46:38 -0700 2009
Kate's relationship with Lee is well into the book before we realize that L...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:21:34 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 15:52:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 27 08:57:46 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 09:01:11 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Oct 19 17:42:31 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 17:43:51 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 05:56:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 19:01:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:13:34 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:17:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:47:53 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 13:42:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 20:27:45 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 08:45:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:09:13 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 15:13:08 -0700 2009 Nice author technique to introduce Kate's gay status,
gradually without melodrama.
Liked the way the work/friendship relationship develops
slowly w. her new partner, Alonzo Hawkins.
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It begins with the disturbing discovery of a dead girl, and gets even more complicated and intriguing as the investigation into the girl's death begins.

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