Lucia Gomez-Barrera (Lucy), the Police Chief for the Illinois township of Highland Isle, is being investigated by the local Police and Fire Commission, accused of trading promotions in exchange for sexual favours. A minor local event one might think, but it could lead to her losing her job or even facing a federal grand jury. Her lawyer, Rik, and his Private Investigator, Pinky, are certain that the whole thing is a set-up. The local bad guy, aka “The Ritz” used to be Lucy’s partner when she was a Rookie back in the day, but is now a multi-millionaire property developer (and probably a lot more). Lucy is a tough Chief and “Ritz” would certainly like her replaced by a more amenable person. However, suspecting him of orchestrating the case is not the same as proving it, since Rik will first have to show that there is an actual conspiracy. This requires that he shoots down the three accusers and for that he needs information – which is where Pinky comes in. She is an unorthodox person, to say the least, a genius investigator, sporting a Mohawk and full body tattoo – and also a promiscuous bisexual. Rik is concerned that she is not paying as much attention to the case as she should, because she is also tailing and otherwise spying on her new neighbour, who seems to be a covert, technologically astute, agent targeting the “Ritz” possibly after industrial secrets. Inevitably, her two lines of investigation must clash, exposing new interactions which keep the plot boiling nicely. The dénouement builds nicely to a climactic confrontation. Scott Turow is an experienced writer and he handles this complicated plot well. His legal background makes the courtroom scenes, and indeed the very organisational basis of the story, read plausibly. The characters are well constructed, albeit a bit over exotic. Pinky is actually Clarice Granum granddaughter of Sandy Stern, the attorney who featured in ‘Presumed Innocent’, Turow’s first book written twenty years ago. Both books are set in Kindle County and form part of a loose series with overlaps but no required pre-knowledge. I’m not sure that ‘thriller’ quite works as an adjective, because I wasn’t racing tensely through the events, but it is certainly a good mystery story. I would like to thank NetGalley, the publishers and the author for providing me with a draft proof copy for the purpose of this review.