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Donato & Daughter
Assigned to put together an elite task force to stop a serial killer, Lieutenant Dina Donato of the New York Police chooses the best cop she knows--her estranged father, Sergeant Mike Donato. Reprint.
384 pages, Paperback
First published March 24, 1988
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Sandra Scoppettone
54 books78 followersAlso wrote as Jack Early.
Sandra Scoppettone first emerged as one of the best hard-boiled mystery writers using the name Jack Early for her first three novels that included A Creative Kind of Killer (1984) that won the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America for best first novel. She had started writing seriously since the age of 18 when she moved to New York from South Orange, New Jersey. Scoppettone in the 1960s collaborated with Louise Fitzhuh and in the 1970s wrote important young adult novels. The Late Great Me depicting teenage alcoholism won an Emmy Award in 1976. Her real name was revealed in the 1990s with the start of a series featuring PI Lauren Laurano. Scoppettone shares her life with writer Linda Crawford.
Sandra Scoppettone first emerged as one of the best hard-boiled mystery writers using the name Jack Early for her first three novels that included A Creative Kind of Killer (1984) that won the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America for best first novel. She had started writing seriously since the age of 18 when she moved to New York from South Orange, New Jersey. Scoppettone in the 1960s collaborated with Louise Fitzhuh and in the 1970s wrote important young adult novels. The Late Great Me depicting teenage alcoholism won an Emmy Award in 1976. Her real name was revealed in the 1990s with the start of a series featuring PI Lauren Laurano. Scoppettone shares her life with writer Linda Crawford.
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July 26, 2013
I was on a roller-coaster ride with this book. I really couldn't put the book down after I started it.
November 25, 2014
Ma guarda un po' che bella scoperta fatta per caso comprando questo giallo della Scoppettone per 1 fr.- all'Emmaus.
498 pg che però si leggono alla massima velocità, storia che cattura, scrittura vivace e poi... scritto nel 1988 quindi: niente cellulari, niente computer e programmi vari di ricerca astrusi, niente profilo psicologico dello specialista di turno, anzi qui lo psichiatra che traccia un profilo compare per una pagina e viene pure tratteggiato in maniera ironica e pungente.
Psicologia dei protagonisti semplice ma convincente, le dinamiche relazionali della family Donato complicate ma credibili.
Insomma lettura godibile.
Cercherò altro scritto dalla signora Scoppettone.
498 pg che però si leggono alla massima velocità, storia che cattura, scrittura vivace e poi... scritto nel 1988 quindi: niente cellulari, niente computer e programmi vari di ricerca astrusi, niente profilo psicologico dello specialista di turno, anzi qui lo psichiatra che traccia un profilo compare per una pagina e viene pure tratteggiato in maniera ironica e pungente.
Psicologia dei protagonisti semplice ma convincente, le dinamiche relazionali della family Donato complicate ma credibili.
Insomma lettura godibile.
Cercherò altro scritto dalla signora Scoppettone.
February 18, 2016
Not bad for a random thriller. I think it started very well - interesting characters, nice plot development but it kind of lost steam towards the end. Still a fun read on a rainy day when it was like the biblical flood outside and the roof leaked in two places.
June 2, 2016
Page turner from start to end. The characters were so intriguing I could not wait to see what would happen to them.
September 5, 2021
Chasing a psychopath
Donato and his daughter are both cops. At the beginning of the story they are estranged from each other due to an earlier family trauma. Over course of the book in the hunt for a min murdering serial killer many revelations of family secrets both their own and the killers give clues to a resolution but by bit, revelation by revelation. Will they get their killer? Will they mellow towards each other? You'll need to read the book!
Donato and his daughter are both cops. At the beginning of the story they are estranged from each other due to an earlier family trauma. Over course of the book in the hunt for a min murdering serial killer many revelations of family secrets both their own and the killers give clues to a resolution but by bit, revelation by revelation. Will they get their killer? Will they mellow towards each other? You'll need to read the book!
June 7, 2017
Author writes mainly for LBGA... this wasn't labeled as such...
August 17, 2011
A true page-turner. From the very beginning, I didn't want to put it down!
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