Alley Kat Blues

Kat Colorado, Kijewski's chatty, no-nonsense Sacramento PI, is flatly unromantic about her profession even as she is enthusiastic about it. In this, her sixth case , she's often on the road between Sacramento and Las Vegas, where Hank, her policeman beau, isn't returning her calls. Kat becomes embroiled in a family controversy and murder investigation when she discovers a young girl's mangled body, an apparent hit-and-run victim. The girl's mother begs Kat to look into her daughter's death but her religious husband refuses to cooperate. Meanwhile, back in Vegas, Hank is involved with a murder investigation of his own. He is pursuing a brutal serial killer and becomes romantically attached to an exotic dancer. Kat desperately tries solve show more her own hit-and-run case,assist Hank, and salvage their relationship, without loosing her sense of humor and fair play. show less

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed this author. Victim of the massive TBR pile. Parallel cases--Kat's and her long-distance boyfriend's (he's a cop in Vegas)--an apparent hit & run that the victim's mother insists can't be, and a serial killer who hits too close to home for Hank. There are also some real relationship difficulties in this one, honestly dealt with.

Kat Colorado tracks killer while losing Hank