'''Kate Martinelli''' is the fictional lesbian detective featured in novelist’s Laurie R. King mysteries. The books are set in San Francisco, where Martinelli serves as a police officer with her partner, Alonzo Hawkin. The first book in the series, ''A Grave Talent'', won an Edgar Award in 1994 for Best First Mystery Novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Edgar Awards|url=http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/firstnovel|website=Mystery Net|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref>
==Books== *''A Grave Talent'' (1993) {{ISBN|0-312-08804-3}} *''To Play the Fool'' (1995) {{ISBN|0-312-11907-0}} *''With Child'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-312-14077-0}} *''Night Work'' (2000) {{ISBN|0-553-10713-5}} *''The Art of Detection'' (2006) {{ISBN|0-553-80453-7}} *''Beginnings'' (2019) {{ISBN|9781732464728}}
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