She's proven that she can't be deterred, evaded, or outrun. After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation's first deputy sheriffs. "The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters.
Those readers will be thrilled by this second installment also ripped from the headlines in the romping, wildly readable life of a woman forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way"- … ( more) Cheering her on, and goading her, are her sisters Norma and Fleurette that is, when they aren't training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage.Based on a true story, Girl Waits with Gunintroduced Constance Kopp and her charming and steadfast sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life, and endanger the honorable Sheriff Heath, Constance may not be able to make things right.Lady Cop Makes Trouble sets Constance loose on the streets of New York City and New Jersey tracking down victims, trailing leads, and making friends with girl reporters and lawyers at a hotel for women.
She's readying a third novel, and fans are going to be waiting, eagerly, again.Īnd if you'd like the recipe for The Fugitive, a signature cocktail the author-mixologist, who apparently likes a little buzz with her book readings and signings, has created to go with Lady Cop Makes Trouble, visit /kopp-sisters/its-cocktail-hour."The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters. The author lives in Eureka, Calif., where she and her husband own a bookstore, but earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. And it's here we get reacquainted with clever Fleurette, who's attracting male notice, and stubborn Norma, for whom Stewart says she has big plans in the future. In her sleuthing, Constance gets so battered and bruised she goes back to the family farm to recover.
Besides meeting lively career women at a hotel for ladies, Constance must deal with a mean misogynist cop, an Italian immigrant who eagerly confesses to a murder, and the sheriff's wife unhappy that she lives in the jail and her husband spends so much time with his female deputy.
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