FALSE WITNESS - Hardcover

Dorothy Uhnak

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067123076X ISBN 13: 9780671230760

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1981

Synopsis

After a beautiful television star is brutally raped and beaten in her apartment, the Bureau Chief of the District Attorney's office, an ambitious young woman, persistently attempts to get a conviction

About this title

About the Author:

A native New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx, Dorothy Uhnak attended the City College of New York and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice before becoming one of the New York Police Departments first female recruits in 1953. She wrote a memoir detailing her experiences, Police Woman, before creating the semi-autobiographical character of Christie Opara, who features in The Bait, The Witness and The Ledger. Opara is the only woman on the District Attoney's Special Investigations Squad, and applies the same cool, methodical approach to hunting down criminals as she does to raising a child on her own and navigating complex relationships with her colleagues. During her 14 years in the NYPD Uhnak was promoted three times and twice awarded medals for services 'above and beyond'; she also earned the department's highest commendation, the Outstanding Police Duty Bar. Her writing was equally highly regarded: The Bait was widely praised by critics, and won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery of 1968. Dorothy Uhnak died in Greenport, New York, and is survived by her daughter Tracy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 067123076X
• ISBN 13: 9780671230760
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314