# Kate Martinelli

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**Kate Martinelli** is the fictional lesbian detective featured in novelist’s [Laurie R. King](/source/Laurie_R._King) mysteries. The books are set in [San Francisco](/source/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](/source/Edgar_Award) in 1994 for Best First Mystery Novel.[1]

## Books

- *[A Grave Talent](/source/A_Grave_Talent)* (1993) ISBN 0-312-08804-3
- *[To Play the Fool](/source/To_Play_the_Fool)* (1995) ISBN 0-312-11907-0
- *[With Child](/source/With_Child)* (1996) ISBN 0-312-14077-0
- [*Night Work*](/source/Night_Work_(King_novel)) (2000) ISBN 0-553-10713-5
- *[The Art of Detection](/source/The_Art_of_Detection)* (2006) ISBN 0-553-80453-7
- *[Beginnings](/source/Beginnings_(novella))* (2019) ISBN 9781732464728

## References

1. ["The Edgar Awards"](http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/previous/firstnovel). *Mystery Net*. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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