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Feminist Mystery Reviews BLUE JUSTICE Reviewed by Harriet Klausner It does not take a Ph.D. in quantum physics to understand the incredible level of stress confronting a New York City police officer. However, the city is stunned by the recent suicides of sixteen of The Big Apple's finest. One of the recent men who died is Dan, whose partner for almost three decades never saw it coming. Ed Gavin still cannot believe that Dan killed himself. Ed's new partner is rookie Jon Strega, whose father was a police officer who died in the line of duty. The Commissioner's daughter Maria Alvarez is a fellow officer out of the same precinct as Jon and Ed. She tries to hit on Jon, who rejects her advances. In retaliation, Maria begins to harass Jon. Ed's boss plants a seed of doubt in his mind that not all of the deaths were suicide. Ed intends to look into the possibility that someone is murdering police officers. Maria, Jon, and Ed soon find themselves on a collision course with the fact that it appears that one of their own has turned. The police procedural sub-genre is so loaded with talented writers it is difficult for a newcomer to make a mark. However, once in a while a debut is so clever and well done that the author stands out in the crowd. This is the case with Jeanine Kadow and her first time novel, BLUE JUSTICE, which is on a par with the top works of Cornwell, Rosenberg, and Palmer. The action-packed story line asks the question of who will police the police when they need to punish one of their own? If this mesmerizing tale is any example, Ms. Kadow will climb to the top faster than a speeding bullet.
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