Sloane Pearson is one mixed-up person. She’s new to the Sex Crimes Division after having been transferred out of another precinct’s homicide squad. She catches what turns out to be a search for a serial rapist, and follows a number of leads despite being told by her superiors to lay off the case and her partner dragging his heels and not helping.
Her professional life is tough. But her personal life is just as complicated. Her father is ill and has to be taken to the hospital. Sloane doesn’t like or get along with his girlfriend. Sloane is living with another cop and is unhappy with the relationship. What an unhappy life. Her co-workers continually razz her, making the workplace an unhealthy environment. In other words, like Rodney Dangerfield, she gets no respect.
A redeeming feature of the novel is that Sloane tries to work the case so that the plot seems to be a sort of police procedural. But all that confusion leaves the reader wondering what it’s all about.
