Title: Psychotic fantasy
Review: This is the first "Mallory" novel I've read, so I come to it with a fresh perspective. I found the novel disappointing after the opening scene. This female detective rages around trampling all vestiges of proper police procedure, and all the male cops (notoriously hard to intimidate in real life) are intimidated by her and constantly yield to/coddle her behavior. I found it completely unbelievable. Mallory wouldn't last a day in a real police department, even if her daddy was a cop. Big-city police departments do not hand out detective positions as a form of psychotherapy for the emotionally troubled.The setting for the story was evocative, though, and I really wanted to enjoy this, but found myself enduring it instead.
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