With Child

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With Child

Author	Laurie R. King
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Kate Martinelli series
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Bantam Books
Publication date	March 21, 1997
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	320 pp (Bantam Books paperback)
ISBN	0-553-57458-2
Preceded by	To Play the Fool
Followed by	Night Work

This article is about a mystery novel; for information about human pregnancy, see Pregnancy.

With Child is the third novel in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R. King. In the book, a teenaged girl is kidnapped while she was supposed to be in Kate's care. With Child is preceded by To Play the Fool and followed by Night Work.

[edit] Plot summary

The stepchild of Kate's coworker Al Hawkin asks Kate to help her find her homeless friend Dio, who has mysteriously vanished. They become friends during the process, although Kate is wounded and decides to take a rest. She invites Jules on a trip to visit her lover Lee. On the way, Jules disappears. Kate realizes that Jules has been kidnapped by her biological father, recently freed from prison. The novel ends with Kate going undercover to the father's house and rescuing her.