Alley Kat Blues (Kat Colorado)

Alley Kat Blues (Kat Colorado) by Kijewski, Karen. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780553573152.

Shes a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard--it can be murder. Kat Colorado knows the dangers of letting a case get too big a piece of your soul. But some cases dont give you a choice, like the death of twenty-two-year-old Courtney Dillard. Kat found her battered body on a dark Sacramento freeway, an apparent hit-and-run victim. Courtneys mother is convinced her death was no accident, and hires Kat to find the truth. As sweet and good-hearted as she was, Courtney had no shortage of enemies, Kat learns. And they make no secret of their belief in blood vengeance. Kats also looking for the truth about her relationship with Hank, whos wrestling with his own soul-eating case. A serial killer is stalking the Vegas Strip, and Hanks investigation is taking him over the line. His obsession could cost him both Kat and his career--while Kats could cost her her life.