Review: Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart

A Mysterious Review of Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart. A Kopp Sisters Mystery.

Review summary: This book is based on headlines of the New York Times back in September 1914. Some of the characters are real and some added to fill out the story. But all the characters are well-developed and the principal elements are based on real facts. For fans of historical mysteries, this series is a real treat and this entry in it quite enjoyable. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Lady Cop Makes Trouble
Amy Stewart
A Kopp Sisters Mystery
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (September 2016)

Publisher synopsis: After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs, Constance Kopp became one of the nation's first deputy sheriffs. She's proven that she can't be deterred, evaded, or outrun. 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.

Now Constance is set 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. 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.