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    The Policeman's Daughter

    Written by Trudy Nan Boyce

    Narrated by Allyson Ryan

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    From author Trudy Nan Boyce, whose police procedural debut was hailed as "authentic" (NYTBR) and "exceptional" (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), returns with a stunning prequel to the Detective Salt series, the story behind the case that earned Salt her promotion to homicide.

    At the beginning of her career, Sarah "Salt" Alt was a beat cop in Atlanta's poorest, most violent housing project, The Homes. It is here that she meets the cast of misfits and criminals that will have a profound impact on her later cases: Man Man, the leader of the local gang on his way to better places; street dealer Lil D and his family; and Sister Connelly, old and observant, the matriarch of the neighborhood. A lone patrolwoman, Salt's closest lifeline is her friend and colleague Pepper, on his own beat nearby. And when a murder in The Homes brings detectives to the scene, Salt draws closer to Detective Wills, initiating a romance complicated by their positions on the force.

    When Salt is shot and sustains a head injury during a routine traffic stop, the resulting visions begin leading her toward answers in the case that makes her career. This is the tale of a woman who solves crimes through a combination of keen observation, grunt work, and pure gut instinct; this is the making of Detective Salt.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 27, 2018
    ISBN9780525525332
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    • 4/5
      During the first part of this book, I was not sure about this Salt character. Is she cray, cray? A glutton for punishment? She is in these gang member's faces and messing with them on a daily basis. I kept thinking that this woman was going to get herself killed. She puts herself in danger like almost everyday.Then I realize that this woman cares (and there is something going on with her head due to an gunshot injury) and danger does not scare her. Yeah, I know corny, but this is a good read and I loved the play on salt and pepper.Thanks to Penguin Group Putnam and Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
    • 5/5
      This novel introduces Sarah Alt known as Salt to her colleagues and the people she serves as a police officer in the Homes, a poor and violent housing project in Atlanta. Salt has patrolled the streets working the 4 to midnight shift for ten years. She has gotten to know the streets and the people.This case concerns the death of a drug addicted hooker named Shannell. Salt has known her, her boyfriend Big D, her son Lil D, and her daughter Mary for years. Shannell and Big D have a contentious relationship. Shannell often goes after him with her favorite knife. When she is found shot to death, Big D is the first suspect. Lil D is sure he did it. But Salt isn't and begins an investigation which is hampered by sheer amount of crime in the Homes. Homicide, in the person of Detective Wills, has too many cases to spend much time working on Shannell's death.Salt finds herself looking at Man Man who runs the local gang and who sells drugs to get justice for Shannel. Lil D works for him. So does Stone. Over the years, Salt has tried to help Lil D get away from the drug culture and the violence but the problems are so deep that it is easy for one kid or two to slip through the cracks.Salt is an intriguing character who is still battling her own ghosts resulting from the suicide of her policeman father on her tenth birthday. Her mother remarried and moved away even before Salt finished college. They talk every once in a while but she doesn't feel any need to let her know when she's shot while conducting a routine traffic stop. Her best friend is Pepper, a black man, who became a police officer the same time she did and who has worked with her patrolling the same area. Her focus on finding Shannell's killer and dealing with the aftereffects of the gunshot that grazed her head has caused her to distance herself from Pepper and her other work colleagues until a traumatic event reminds her that they are there for her.The story setting is gritty and grim with rampant poverty and the culture that goes with it. The day to day police work is a never ending slog with only the occasional small victory. Still there are glimpses of hope and Salt is determined to make a difference. I enjoyed this story which is the first I've read about Salt enough to buy copies of the previous two books in the series to learn what happens next for her.
    • 3/5
      I really wish I had liked this book better, as I truly enjoyed Boyce's previous volumes in this series, but no. It just seemed too disjointed, as though she is showing Salt's introductions to these characters that make up her other two books. Then there is Salt herself and her constant forward-then-back recollections of her life to that point, her dad, and her refusal to budge. On anything.Otherwise, the descriptions of the Projects (the "Homes"), the complicated relationships between the people who live there, and the grinding tragedy of so many people's lives are spot on. They were written with compassion rather than pity, and Boyce must have been a heck of a police officer who brought much of herself into her work.
    • 4/5
      Review of Uncorrected ProofAtlanta Police Officer Sarah “Salt” Alt patrols one of the city’s poorest, most violent housing projects. Known as The Homes, it is here that Salt has worked for the last ten years.Plagued with drugs, prostitution, and gangs, The Homes is a tough beat . . . one that Salt requested. Over the years, she’s come to know and care about the people who live here and when Shannell McCloud is murdered, she is compelled to find the culprit. But The Homes holds many secrets and some will do whatever is necessary to keep them hidden. Nevertheless, Salt persists in her efforts to solve Shannell’s murder, unaware of the true nature of the danger she faces. The third in the Sarah Alt series, this gritty police procedural pulls no punches in its depiction of the day-to-day life of a beat cop. In a narrative peopled with strong, realistically-drawn characters, Salt is authentic, steeped in compassion and possessing a strong sense of morality; her backstory adds depth to the character and provides insight for readers. Sub-plots and unexpected twists keep the suspense building toward a stunning, unforeseen ending. Despite the uncompromising realism, readers will find it difficult to set this compelling tale aside before reaching the final page.Recommended.
    • 4/5
      Detective Sarah Alt, aka Salt, has been patrolling The Homes district in Atlanta for ten years. It is the toughest district in Atlanta, home of crackheads, drug peddlers and prostitutes. She knows the people and the players. Ten years has not dulled her senses to the plight of its occupants. While she tries to help, she realizes that those born in The Homes rarely leave it alive. When Shannell, a part time prostitute, full time crackhead is found by her young daughter shot to death in her closet, Salt vows to find the killer. Having failed Shannell’s son, Lil D, several years earlier by not getting him out of The Homes and into foster care, Salt feels she owes him. A police procedural showing the ‘human side’ of Alt as well as her persistent professional side, pits her against the pushers and pimps of The Homes as well as her own armor shielding her from a colleague’s attempts to get to know her better. This third Sarah Alt installment after Old Bones, is action packed. Salt continues to march to her own drum, putting herself in danger more often than not. The story is a strong addition to the series.