- Taschenbuch: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: Forge (Januar 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0812590163
- ISBN-13: 978-0812590166
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17,2 x 10,6 x 2,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.244.106 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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An outbreak of E. coli has thinned the detective ranks of the Chicago police department, so officer Suze Figueroa has been detached to temporary duty investigating a couple of bodies that turned up under the elevated train tracks. The location is a stone's throw from the precinct headquarters, and the killings are similar enough in modus operandi to make Suze wonder if there's a serial killer preying on the homeless. She's still working her regular caseload, which includes a pickpocket who's been targeting women shoppers at the luxury department stores on the Miracle Mile and a thief who robbed a currency exchange. And this is not to mention managing a few complications on the home front, including her sister Sheryl's agonizingly slow recovery from a serious accident and a dangerous pederast who's hiding in her attic. The plucky policewoman's personal and professional lives collide with violent and startling results in the penultimate pages of this somewhat unfocused crime thriller. Barbara D'Amato's pacing isn't as strong here as it's been in her previous outings (Good Cop, Bad Cop, Killer.app), and the murderer's identity is telegraphed well in advance of the denouement. What's more important, the reader never gets under Suze's skin enough to know what motivates her. But it's a good enough effort to keep D'Amato's hometown fans in Chicago happy until the next one comes along. --Jane Adams
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A sure-footed thriller from D'Amato, whose mysteries display a deep but not overbearing knowledge of police prodedure and a lively way with atmosphere. Here, D'Amato introduces a cop team, patrol officer Suze Figueroa and her black partner, Norm Bennis. The pairing of Irish-Hispanic Figueroa and an African American partner seems a bit too calculated, making for some stilted dialogue and situations, but D'Amato's plotting wins the day. The street cops are assigned to detective detail, looking for a serial killer of homeless people, after E. coli fells detectives at a retirement banquet. A much greater menace awaits Figueroa at the home she shares with her son, her disabled sister, and her sister's family: a pychopath has entered the large Victorian house, observing the family undetected, awaiting his chance to kill. D'Amato manages to make this bizarre situation chillingly believable, playing off Figueroa's on-the-job competence against her ignorance of how vulnerable she truly is. A marvelously paced double mystery. Connie Fletcher
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Procedural fans will enjoy this book
29. November 2000
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Barbara D'Amato's HELP ME PLEASE and KILLER.APP were two utterly un-put-downable suspense thrillers. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY isn't nearly as exciting, but it's interesting as a "week in the life of a cop." Suze Figueroa and her partner Bennis are two patrol officers who are given the chance to become acting detectives when many of Chicago's finest are struck down by food poisoning following a banquet. They are faced with solving the murder of several homeless people, despite the fact that the department doesn't want to grant them resources due to the low status of the victims. At the same time, a child molester has moved into the attic of the home Suze shares with her sister's family, and is waiting for the right moment to attack Suze's young niece. Will Suze discover the intruder before it's too late?
I missed the heart-pounding suspense of D'Amato's previous Chicago cop books, but I did enjoy AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY as a police procedural. The author has obviously done a tremendous amount of research and I learned a lot. As a longtime fan, I must say that any D'Amato is worth reading -- she's a solid, reliably good crime writer.
4 von 4 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Most thrilling police procedural novel ever!
1. Dezember 2000
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Don't read this book when you're home alone at night. It's scary. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY maintains suspense throughout, while being very realistic, in that the police officers are dealing with several cases as once, as real police do. The author skillfully moves between three different cases that come officer Suze Figueroa's way. The perpertator in one case has invaded Suze's own home, living in the attic of the big old wooden house, watching the family's every move from the back staircase and creeping out at night to steal food and torment Suze's paralyzed sister.
This book has every indication of becoming a smash motion picture. Remember, Eric told you so.
Meanwhile, why wait for the movie to come out? I loved the author's previous KILLER.APP. This new book is fabulous!
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Can a Police Procedural be cozy?
20. April 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Chicago cop Suze Figueroa and her partner Norm Bennis exchange witty repartee in their squad car, but Figueroa longs to be a detective. Her chance arrives when the detective squad is felled by a bad dinner date. She and Bennis take on a serial killer while balancing their other cases and working within the confines of the city budget and their own time limitations.
Figueroa and Bennis are characters transported from a British cozy to the mean streets of Chicago, given some absolutely delightful dialogue and a fine-tuned sense of justice, and set loose to wreak havoc on the bad guys. She and Bennis come down to the wire in solving one crime, while another is taking place right in Figueroa's home.
D'Amato takes a solid plot, compelling characters, and an exciting location, and sprinkles in some terrifying antagonists to make "Authorized Personnel Only" a great read.
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