No detectives like these! LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE, THE ADVENTURES OF JESUS CHRIST, BOY DETECTIVE, THE DETECTIVE'S GARDEN
One of the first female Sheriffs before the vote. Jesus Christ in the body of a boy detective A lover who contemplates his wife's garden LADY COP MAKES TROUBLE by Amy Stewart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept.) is the sequel to GIRL WAITS WITH GUN, a book I completely enjoyed. Based on the life of Constance Kopp,one of the first female sheriffs in the U.S., the debut novel introduced the three Kopp sisters, who had lived on an isolated farm, in an era where women didn't vote, have jobs outside the home, or live independent of male relatives. These sisters were different. Norma, the farmer, who also raised carrier pigeons, was the domestic one. Teenage Fleurette made ingenious dresses and dreamed of a public life. The narrator is the eldest, Constance, a large dynamic woman with an instinct for justice. When their buggy was run down by a powerful factory owner in a motor car, she pursued damages, despite threats that escalated to gang warfare with bricks, bullets...