This book begins with the protagonist, Vicki, an Assistant US Attorney, staring down the barrel of a gun. She had been going to visit a confidential informant on what she believed to be a minor case, that of a woman who had bought two guns at a gun shop and illegally resold them. But things turned really ugly really quickly. Vicki and her partner, Morty, a dedicated Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agent, arrive upon the scene of a burglary in progress. Vicki narrowly escapes being shot to death, but Morty and the confidential informant aren't so lucky. Devastated, Vicki seeks justice for her murdered partner. Her search and her grief lead her into some problematic behavior, and she is suspended at work. She does have an ally at work, a fellow AUSA named Dan who agrees with her that Morty's killing was not simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Vicki is crazy about Dan, but unfortunately he's married. Furthermore, her search for Morty's killer becomes too dangerous for her to want to let Dan know what she's really doing. She teams up with an unlikely ally who helps her explore a dangerous drug underworld.
This is a great book for anyone who loves legal thrillers, as I do.
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Sounds interesting - thanks for the review!
Thanks for reading!
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