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Judgment Calls 

 (Samantha Kincaid, book 1)

by

Alafair Burke

Judgment Calls

(The first book in the Samantha Kincaid series)
(2003)
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.
 
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Hardback Editions

February 2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 184395639XTitle: Judgment Calls
Author(s): Alafair S. Burke
ISBN: 1-84395-639-X / 9781843956396 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
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December 2003 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0752857142Title: Judgment Calls (New Blood)
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0-7528-5714-2 / 978-0-7528-5714-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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July 2003 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0805073868Title: Judgment Calls: A Mystery
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0-8050-7386-8 / 978-0-8050-7386-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
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Paperback Editions

July 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0752859358Title: Judgment Calls (New Blood)
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0-7528-5935-8 / 978-0-7528-5935-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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May 2004 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0312997205Title: Judgment Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 0-312-99720-5 / 978-0-312-99720-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Audio Editions

April 2005 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1740935527Title: Judgment Calls
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1-74093-552-7 / 9781740935524 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
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March 2005 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1740935535Title: Judgement Calls (Samantha Kincaid Mysteries)
Author(s): Alafair Burke
ISBN: 1-74093-553-5 / 9781740935531 (Australia edition)
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing
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September 2004 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1740947797Title: Judgment Calls
Author(s): Alafair S. Burke
ISBN: 1-74094-779-7 / 9781740947794 (Australia edition)
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