Girl Waits with Gun - (Kopp Sisters Novel) by Amy Stewart (Paperback)

About the Book

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Drunken Botanist comes an enthralling novel based on the forgotten true story of one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs.

Book Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The first in the Kopps Sisters Novel Series, Girl Waits with Gun is an enthralling 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.
A New York Times Editors' Choice
"A smart, romping adventure, featuring some of the most memorable and powerful female characters I've seen in print for a long time. I loved every page as I followed the Kopp sisters through a too-good-to-be-true (but mostly true!) tale of violence, courage, stubbornness, and resourcefulness."--Elizabeth Gilbert

From the Back Cover

A New York Times Editors Choice
An Indie Next Pick

A Best Book of the Year
NPR *Washington Post * BookPage
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Must-Read
People * USA Today * New York PostCosmopolitan * Paste
Stars an unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine. Marie Claire

An entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family. Washington Post

A historical thrill ride. Cosmopolitan

A fresh, winning, and delightful mystery with a warm heart, impish humor, and a heroine who quietly shatters convention. Dallas Morning News

A New York Times best-selling author brings us an exuberant novel inspired by the true adventures of one of our nation s first female crime fighters.

When Constance Kopp and her sisters suffer a run-in with a ruthless, powerful crook, Constance leaves her quiet country life to team up with the local sheriff and exact justice. As a war of bricks, bullets, and threats ensues, Constance realizes that this racketeer s history may be more damning than she thought, but now that she s on the case, he won t get away.

Quick-witted and full of madcap escapades, Girl Waits with Gun is a story of one woman rallying the courage to stand up for and grow into herself with a little help from sisters and sheriffs along the way.

A fine, historically astute novel. New York Times Book Review

Zippy [and] winsome. Los Angeles Times

[A] rollicking western. People

AMY STEWART is the award-winning author of six books, including bestsellers The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own a bookstore called Eureka Books.
www.amystewart.com
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Review Quotes

A National Indie Bestseller A New York Times Editors' Choice A September 2015 Indie Next Pick One of People's "Best Books of the Fall" One of the Washington Post's "Notable Fiction Books of 2015" One of USA Today's "New and Noteworthy" One of New York Post's "Must-Read" Books One of Cosmopolitan's "24 New Books to Read this Fall" One of Paste Magazine's "15 of the Best New Books in September 2015" A Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2015" One of BookPage's "Best Books of 2015" One of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's "Best Books of 2015" A Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book of 2015, Fall/Winter "Constance Kopp, the feisty heroine of Amy Stewart's charming novel "Girl Waits With Gun," sounds like the creation of a master crime writer. At nearly 6 feet tall, Constance is a formidable character who can pack heat, deliver a zinger and catch a criminal without missing a beat. Based on the little-known story of the real Constance Kopp, one of America's first female deputy sheriffs, the novel is an entertaining and enlightening story of how far one woman will go to protect her family." --Washington Post "Stewart has spun a fine, historically astute novel...The sisters' personalities flower under Stewart's pen, contributing happy notes of comedy to a terrifying situation...And then there is Constance: Sequestered for years in the country and cowed by life, she develops believably into a woman who comes into herself, discovering powers long smothered under shame and resignation. I, for one, would like to see her return to wield them again in further installments."--New York Times Book Review "The Kopps are the stars of Stewart's new zippy, winsome novel, Girl Waits With Gun. Filled with historical detail without being weighed down by it, the novel is a cinematic story of the women, the siege instigated by their powerful enemy, and their brave efforts in the face of real violence."--Los Angeles Times "This rollicking western about a woman who'll do anything to save her family is based on the true tale of one of the country's first female deputy sheriffs." --People Magazine "This historical novel by the bestselling author of The Drunken Botanist stars an unforgettable, not-to-be-messed-with heroine - one of the nation's first female deputy sheriffs. It all begins circa 1910 when an earnest request entangles a family with the town thug. The rest is kickass history."--Marie Claire "Stewart gives us three sisters whose bond -- scratchy and well-worn but stronger for it, as can happen with family ties -- is unspoken but effortless. Girl Waits With Gun might sometimes be a story in which truth is stranger than fiction, but it also makes for pretty charming fiction."--NPR "Fans of strong female characters will find their new favorite heroine in Constance Kopp, who takes a bold stand against a gang that is threatening her family. Debut novelist Amy Stewart's Girl Waits With Gun is a historical thrill ride, racing through funny, tragic, and terrifying scenes. Even better, it's based on the true story of one of the United St --

About the Author

AMY STEWART is the award-winning author of six books, including the bestsellers The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own a bookstore called Eureka Books.