Review — MISS KOPP JUST WON’T QUIT: Kopp Sisters, Book 4 by Amy Stewart
After a year on the job, New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff has collared criminals, demanded justice for wronged women, and gained notoriety nationwide for her exploits. But on one stormy night, everything falls apart.
While transporting a woman to an insane asylum, Deputy Kopp discovers something deeply troubling about her story. Before she can investigate, another inmate bound for the asylum breaks free and tries to escape.
In both cases, Constance runs instinctively toward justice. But the fall of 1916 is a high-stakes election year, and any move she makes could jeopardize Sheriff Heath’s future—and her own. Although Constance is not on the ballot, her controversial career makes her the target of political attacks.
With wit and verve, book-club favorite Amy Stewart brilliantly conjures the life and times of the real Constance Kopp to give us this “unforgettable, not-to-be messed-with heroine” (Marie Claire) under fire in Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit.
I love historical fiction featuring women who don’t fit the mold, and Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit is exactly that.
This is the fourth book in the Kopp Sisters series, based on three real-life women who pushed all the boundaries set for females during the early 1900s. It works fine as a stand-alone, so you can jump right into the series.
Constance is a deputy sheriff, and the case she focuses on here involves a woman committed to an asylum by her husband. As with the previous books, the content made me angry and sad, as well as thankful for women like Constance who helped upend a dangerous, suppressive system.
This book serves as a turning point for Constance, and consequently I thought we got hung up in the local election and politics of the time. Still, the writing is fully immersive. I felt the frustration and fear of life controlled and dominated by men, but I also felt the power of breaking free.
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