Genre: Historical Mystery
Format: Hardcover, 408 pages, own
Rating: 4 stars
Goodreads' Summary:
A novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation’s first female deputy sheriffs.
Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family — and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.
Constance Kopp doesn’t quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family — and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.
My Thoughts:
The Kopp sisters live a quiet life until their buggy is hit by an automobile driven by Henry Kaufman, a local factory owner. Things are never the same again after they go after him for charges to repair their buggy. He comes after them with his local gang. Constance, working with the local sheriff, manage to gather the evidence necessary to take him down in the courts. Constance also manages to help a local factory worker Lucy along the way too.
I loved these sisters; each is different in a very humorous way. I was surprised to learn Constance and her sisters are taken from history as well as the Kaufman case. Stewart pulls in actual articles and headlines to tell their story.
It's a fantastic story that would be fun as fictional but to get a sense of the time and place as actual history was an extra bonus. Times were hard back then to be a woman on your own and to be one as conspicuous and outspoken as Constance was. I look forward to more adventures with the Kopp sisters.
Also, Amy Stewart is a prolific writer of non-fiction so I was surprised to hear about this series. Check out her non-fiction work as well. The Drunken Botanist is a favorite of mine.
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