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Judgment Calls 

Judgment Calls (2003)
(The first book in the Samantha Kincaid series)
A novel by Alafair Burke

 

"A terrific debut, very different from her famous father's work, but the storytelling DNA is all there. This is smart, savvy, expert - and highly recommended."
Lee Child


Samantha Kincaid is a divorced Deputy DA in Portland's Vice and Drugs Division. Kincaid has developed her own niche within the division prosecuting the monsters who lure and coerce girls and young women into prostitution. Thirteen year old Kendra Martin is abducted, drugged and anally raped, and the victim identifies Frank Derringer, on parole for similar crimes, as her attacker. But there's no corroborating evidence except a single, partial fingerprint, and the state's case looks even shakier after Martin changes her story. Tough and determined, Kincaid gathers her evidence and builds her case, refusing to be deflected even when she discovers that she must work with her former lover, detective Forbes of Portland's Major Crimes Team. But when her home is ransacked and a carving knife plus threatening note left in the icebox, it seems that someone is prepared to get very personal indeed in order to shut her up. Fluently written, stuffed with authentic detail, well plotted and characterised, with a warm, sympathetic heroine and a good final twist, Alafair Burke's debut thriller has broad appeal and marks the beginning of a great new career.

 
Used availability for Alafair Burke's Judgment Calls


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Hardback Editions

February 2005 : Hardback
Title: Judgment Calls
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 184395639X / 9781843956396 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

December 2003 : Hardback
Title: Judgment Calls (New Blood)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0752857142 / 9780752857145 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

July 2003 : Hardback
Title: Judgment Calls: A Mystery
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0805073868 / 9780805073867 (USA edition)
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

Paperback Editions

January 2004 : Paperback
Title: Judgment Calls (New Blood)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0752859358 / 9780752859354 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   Amazon CA   

April 2004 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0312997205 / 9780312997205 (USA edition)
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

2003 : Paperback
Title: Judgement Calls
Author(s):: Burke Alafair
ISBN: 0752857150 / 9780752857152 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

Audio Editions

September 2011 : Audio CD
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Series)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1742854753 / 9781742854755 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

September 2011 : MP3 CD
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Series)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1742854761 / 9781742854762 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

June 2011 : Audio CD
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 174267903X / 9781742679037 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

June 2011 : MP3 CD
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1742679048 / 9781742679044 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

September 2004 : Audio Cassette
Title: Judgment Calls
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1740935527 / 9781740935524 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon   Amazon UK   

March 2005 : Audio CD
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1740935535 / 9781740935531 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Audio Books
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

September 2004 : Audio CD
Title: Judgment Calls
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1740947797 / 9781740947794 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Audio Books
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

Kindle Editions

May 2004 : Kindle edition
Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: B003J564OE
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Availability: Amazon UK   Amazon   

July 2003 : Kindle edition
Title: Judgment Calls: A Mystery
Author(s):: Alafair Burke
ISBN: B001GNC9SG
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Availability: Amazon   

 


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