Karen Kijewski: Wild Kat (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard-it can be murder.

WILD KAT
It was a matter of principle that prompted Amanda Hudson to blow the whistle on the company that employed her-and manufactured a defective, potentially lethal product. It was a matter of pride that made Amanda hang on to her job with stubborn determination despite the harassment, anonymous threats, and attacks that terrified her.

And by the time her hotheaded husband hired Kat, it was a matter of life and death. For Amanda and Jude Hudson. For Kat, who would learn some hard-and deadly-lessons about vengeance, justice, and love.

"Kijewski's writing moves with the lean, confident swagger that this genre demands... Wild Kat offers a number of jolting plot turns... Rare and satisfying." -- Entertainment Weekly

"[Kat Colorado] is the quintessential female P.I. Gutsy, funny, and smart, she abjures makeup. pantyhose, and most things feminine; loves a cool drink and a hot game of pool; and talks tough but has a tender heart... Kijewski's in her usual fine form here... ..A must." -- Booklist

Karen Kijewski: Wild Kat. A Kat Colorado Novel. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553568779 (January, 1995), 371 p., $5.99.

Karen Kijewski: Wild Kat (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
"Outstanding among today's female detectives, P.I. Kat Colorado exhibits conscience and compassion, muscle and wise-cracking savvy in an appealing and believable combination." -- Publishers Weekly

It was a matter of principle that prompted Amanda Hudson to blow the whistle on the company that employed her-and manufactured a defective, potentially lethal product. It was a matter of pride that made Amanda hang on to her job with stubborn determination, despite the harassment, anonymous threats, and attacks that terrified her.

And, by the time her hot-headed husband hired P.I. Kat Colorado, it was a matter of life and death. For Amanda and Jude Hudson. For Kat, who would learn some hard-and deadly-lessons about vengeance, justice, and love.

With Wild Kat, award-winning author Karen Kijewski joins her bestselling sisters in crime Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky as tough but tender Kat Colorado rises to the ranks of America's best-loved private detectives.

Karen Kijewski: Wild Kat. A Kat Colorado Novel. Doubleday, ISBN: 0385468512 (February, 1994), 343 p., $19.95.