The Kept Girl
Commendable... Cooper says she's thinking about writing a sequel to The Kept Girl. I hope she does. --J. Kingston Pierce, Kirkus ReviewsBest new crime thrillers: The Kept Girl is... a neat counterpoint to Benjamin Black's new Philip Marlowe novel, The Black Eyed Blonde... the story is crisply realised... There are no hardboiled, quip-happy heroes here; instead we get a realistic appraisal of a difficult investigation in a fascinating time and place. --Declan Burke, The Irish TimesIf the inclusion of the erstwhile master of the genre, Raymond Chandler, as a fictonalised character in a pastiche 1930s detective novel is a bit of a gimmick, it is a nice gimmick.... While the language and setting are not really Chandleresque, the book has a life and vitality of its own which makes it a compelling read. --Michael Paraskos, The Spectator