Fans of the first Kopp Sisters novel will find another treat in this follow-up. Her sisters provide comic relief, Norma with her carrier-pigeon hobby and Fleurette with her acting classes and dreams of Broadway. As she pursues the baron and his accomplices, she also becomes involved in a curious murder and a stolen property case. Lady Cop Makes Trouble sees Constance on the trail of a fugitive, helping runaway girls taken in by unscrupulous men, and sorting out why an old woman is taking the fall for a murder she couldn’t have committed. Across Bergen and Passaic Counties and into New York City, Constance investigates the baron’s past, known associates, and recent activities, asking questions nobody else asks and following leads other cops overlook.

She is demoted to jail matron, but when the scandal threatens the sheriff and his family, she vows to catch the baron, save the sheriff’s job, and redeem her own reputation. Constance has proved to be a capable deputy in a male-dominated profession, but her new career is in jeopardy when a prisoner she is guarding-Baron von Matthesius, a sneaky, dangerous con man facing undisclosed but serious charges-escapes her custody. Stewart’s second volume in her Kopp Sisters Series is a clever, suspenseful, and funny tale of a formidable woman facing crime, politics, social stigma, all while nailing evildoers. Girl Waits with Gun (2015) is the first.In this comic mystery set in 1915 and based on actual events, Constance Kopp, the first female deputy sheriff in Bergen County, N.J., is still packing a pistol and an attitude after her first crime-fighting adventures in Girl Waits with Gun. Those readers will be thrilled by this second installment-also ripped from the headlines-in the romping, wildly readable life of a woman forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way. Cheering her on, and goading her, are her sisters Norma and Fleurette-that is, when they aren't training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage.īased on a true story, Girl Waits with Gun introduced Constance Kopp and her charming and steadfast sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. Lady Cop Makes Trouble sets Constance loose on the streets of New York City and New Jersey-tracking down victims, trailing leads, and making friends with girl reporters and lawyers at a hotel for women. She's proven that she can’t be deterred, evaded, or outrun.īut when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life, and endanger the honorable Sheriff Heath, Constance may not be able to make things right.

The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters.Īfter besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation’s first deputy sheriffs. Lady Cop Makes Trouble (Kopp Sisters Series, 2)

Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart