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When she witnesses an incident of police corruption ? and reports it ? she must fight for her life and the safety of her loved ones against a host of unknown enemies.
'An ace tale-spinner' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'She is a more than worthy contender for the Grisham crown' SUNDAY EXPRESS
作者简介 With a BA in English and 5 years as a photographic model behind her, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg studied criminology. She served in the Dallas Police Department, New Mexico State Police, Ventura Police Department and as an Investigative Probation Officer in Court Services for the Country of Ventura where she handled major crimes. She lives in California.
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From Library Journal
In this abridgment of Rosenberg''s (Trial by Fire, Audio Reviews, LJ 12/96) latest novel, widow Rachel Simmons joins the Oak Grove police department to serve the community and provide financial security for her two children. However, when she is nearly raped and a high school football player is killed by her fellow officers, Simmons is forced to fight her department. With the help of her sister, a lawyer, Simmons hopes to bring the department to justice while fending off accusations that she shot and paralyzed the officer who assaulted her. Academy AwardR nominee Lindsay Crouse''s reading of the story is quite good, and the adaptation holds the listener''s attention. This is a good selection for the author''s fans as well as for contemporary police fiction collections.?Stephen L. Hupp, Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Lib.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The New York Times Book Review, Kimberly B. Marlowe
In Abuse of Power, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg''s unvarnished style is never quite adequate to the novel''s potentially lively mix of characters and concerns. . . . But the book does provide escapism of a sort . . . --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From AudioFile
A young female police officer with a precarious personal life makes a painful choice to fight the corruption that permeates her department. She''s finally triumphant, but at a dreadful price. This can''t have been an easy book to record. It''s often intense and brutal, occasionally moving, never sentimental. Rosenblat achieves an ideal narrative tone: deeply involved but never indulgent or sensational, reflecting perfectly the humane tough-mindedness of the writing. While she''s not a mimic who gives each character a highly distinctive sound, all her characters have conviction and individuality. Steadily she guides us through this gritty exploration of a dense web of social and political issues. J.N. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Never one to shy away from controversy, the best-selling Rosenberg''s sixth novel takes on a knotty one: rogue cops and the code of silence that permits a few bad actors to intimidate other officers and abuse citizens. After two years with the force in the L.A. suburb of Oak Grove, Rachel Simmons, a widow with a teenage daughter and a toddler son, has much to learn. Moonlighting as a security guard to pay off medical bills from her husband''s long illness, she hasn''t really bonded with her graveyard-shift colleagues. When Rachel declines to go along with the official lie about a Mob-related incident in which a high-school athlete died, she''s fair game: threats to her family, violence, wiretapping, and a cold shoulder that leaves her alone with a corpse, a speed freak, and $50,000 in drug money. Although at times tempted to back off or even join in the corruption, Rachel has a core of integrity that keeps her on the high (but not the safe) road. A handsome assistant DA provides legal insights and romantic interest here, but Abuse of Power is closer to a police procedural (or anti-procedural) than a legal thriller. Despite shortcuts and stereotypes, it convincingly demonstrates why a bad cop is even more dangerous than a bad perp. A Literary Guild selection. Mary Carroll --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
The heroine sports a police uniform instead of a lawyer''s suit, but everything else is mayhem as usual in Rosenberg''s latest dip into female legal paranoia (Trial by Fire, 1996; California Angel, 1995, etc.). Oak Grove is nothing like neighboring L.A., if only because the police department is squeaky clean. But Rachel Simmons, who all but saw fellow officer Jimmy Townsend plant a handgun on a drunk driver with bad attitude, wonders if the reason for the department''s sterling reputation is that everybody''s covering for everybody else. Well, Rachel, who''s idolized cops ever since one of them rescued her from a molester 25 years ago, isn''t one to cover up anything. When a beach party ends with preening Officer Grant Cummings groping her, she threatens to file a complaint against him. And when a teen gang fight ends in a fatal shooting Cummings could have prevented, she won''t keep quiet, even though all the other officers present back up Cummings, leaving her the only one holding hands (and more) with prosecutor Michael Atwater. Retaliation follows when a routine late-night call turns into a fatal encounter, Rachel''s backup units innocently fail to respond, and she swears out complaints against virtually the entire squad, who naturally close ranks even more tightly. The territory is familiar enough; Rosenberg''s contribution is to present Rachel''s adversary not as a faceless bureaucracy but as an extended family, puzzled and hurt by her defection, even as they''re pushing her toward a financial disaster that would break up her family (her bright, willful daughter Tracy''s already plotting just how big a price she''ll have to pay to bail mom out), drive her from her home and job, and destroy her life. Written without the slightest subtlety or complexity, but at a barn-burning pace that practically guarantees big sales for an audience whose own problems will be dwarfed by Rachel''s. (First printing of 200,000; Literary Guild selection) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
