Lauren
Cop’s Daughter 2
by Laura Marie Henion
A Cop’s Daughter 2: Lauren,
is the second in a series about women who are, like the author,
the daughters of policemen. A homicide detective in New York City’s
53rd Precinct, the small-town girl from upstate is friends with
Victoria and the Mardullo family from Book #1. Lauren takes place
approximately one year later and the focus is on one woman’s
emotions and determination instead of an extended family.
Lauren is far from alone. She is competent, successful,
a rising star in the force who is popular with her co-workers. Her
father and mother are only a phone call and an hour away, but there
is still something missing for her. She tells herself “Get
a life,” and as the saying goes, Lauren should be careful
about what she wishes for! Within a week she overwhelmed with dead
co-eds, protective mentors, a reluctant lover, a comatose subordinate
and a serial killer who thinks dead-cop-Lauren in a poodle skirt
will prove his invincibility.
The
author’s preoccupation with the character’s physical
fitness and great looks was repetitious at times; enough with the
rock hard abs and bulging muscles, critical glances and self-evaluations.
Almost every character had a chance to obsess over somebody’s
physique, and it did not add to the story. And that story, by the
way, was good. Woven between the mind of the killer and cops is
a thread that holds the scenery together, binding up the loose ends
with a surprise that I didn’t see coming, and neither did
Lauren.
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The
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Ellen McKenzie |
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