Futuristic suspense
Dallas and Roarke are back, just days after their latest adventure and close brush with vindictive revenge.
This time the quest for justice for a murder victim, and to identify the killer and the motive, could be ripped from recent headlines. Racism, misogyny, self-righteousness, abuse of the innocent, and brutes wearing masks of benevolence and spirituality, twisting philosophy and scripture to justify their crimes.
Investigating the murder of an up-and-coming artist leads Dallas quickly to the doorstep of her prime suspect, and the theory that the murder took place to protect the killer's public image. How can you help but suspect the prime witness who lies so consistently to the police? Then strangely, it appears the prime suspect's claims to be a victim herself might be true. But only partly.
In the end, we're responsible for the choices we make, even when we think we have no choices, that we do the vile things we do to survive. While the first suspect didn't do the deed, she was responsible because of the choices she made.
The story takes place in only a few days. I could not put the book down -- I read it in one day. Haven't pulled an up-past-2am read-a-thon in a long time. Worth it!
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