Detective Sargent
Krug and his young partner, Casey Kellogg, of the Santa Monica Police
Department, are assigned the case of a young girl found in the bay,
but it's not a simple drowning. The autopsy reveals that she was
severely beaten before being dumped in the bay and there are needle
marks on her arms. Suspicion falls on a young attorney, David Farr.
He had befriended the girl and spent a weekend with her.
Krug likes Farr for
the killer and sets out to prove it, but Kellogg isn't so convinced.
He goes along with his partner, but the circumstances and perhaps the
fact the he identifies with Farr, make him question his partner's
decisions.
If you enjoy police
procedurals, this is a good story with plenty of twists including a
missing twin brother and an uncle who has been seen around the girl's
apartment, but can't be located. I found it easy to guess what was
going on and it made me wonder how the cops could have missed obvious
clues. The answer is in the characters. Krug wants Farr to be guilty.
I found that aspect of the characters difficult. Krug seems too hard,
although he is a good cop and could be right, and Kellogg is too
easily swayed.
I reviewed this book
for Net Galley.
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