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Kathy Burke
Dear Librarian, Some readers have likened my autobiography, DETECTIVE, to a female Serpico. For 23 years, I was a New York City cop. The smallest person ever appointed at the time I joined the force, I rose to the elite rank of detective first grade, worked on some of the city's biggest cases and went on to become the most highly decorated woman detective in the history of the New York Police Department. But my path was hardly easy. While raising two daughters, I became embroiled in controversy over a lawsuit I filed for sexual discrimination, my own direct and confrontational personality, and a Mafia shooting that left me wounded and my male partner dead. And I survived a treacherous battle with cancer. I will be talking about this incredible journey-and much more-in DETECTIVE. Here's what one reader says about my memoir: "Kathy Burke is one of the most courageous people I know. When I was mayor, I presented her with a medal for that courage. Her book, Detective, is an absolute spellbinder." --Former Mayor Ed Koch I hope you, too, will enjoy DETECTIVE, Detective Kathy Burke, NYPD (ret.) DETECTIVE341@AOL.com
Detective / Kathy Burke / Scribner / Hardcover; 352 Pages
Price: $25.00 / ISBN: 0743283929 / Published: August, 2006 Kathy Burke is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view her reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |