You could easily read this book as a stand-alone, or start with Girl Waits With Gun and skip the middle two books (or, of course, read all four). Above all, it’s incredibly exciting, funny, and entertaining. The book explores victimization, powerlessness, and grief, but also explores strength and resilience and hope. The ensuing mystery not only sheds light on the lack of legal resources for women, but also brings Miss Kopp into a new circle of friends: the women in the police force, a female lawyer, and of course her own strong-willed sisters, who are increasingly concerned about the Great War.

Miss Kopp decides to find out why the woman is being admitted, and what she can do to either help the woman or free her outright. The husband doesn’t seem at all upset about his wife being dragged away to the asylum. When Miss Kopp goes to the woman’s house to collect her, she finds no signs that the woman is insane. While the campaign is going on, Miss Kopp involves herself in the case of one of her prisoners, who is transferred to an insane asylum at the request of her husband. In an afterword, the author ruefully reminds us that the election stuff is all historically accurate and not invented to be eerily similar to Trump’s election campaign and results. It’s an election year, so Sheriff Heath’s job is in jeopardy and so is Miss Kopp’s. In this book, which is set right before America enters WWI, Miss Kopp is a Deputy Sheriff working for Sheriff Heath. I’m pleased to say that the series returns to form with the most recent book, Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit. As always, most of the story is either completely true or inspired by real events, and the title was the headline of a real news article. Having raved about the first book in the Kopp Sisters series, Girl Waits With Gun, I found the sequels ( Lady Cop Makes Trouble, Miss Kopp’s Midnight Confessions) to be disappointing.

Lady cop makes trouble by amy stewart