Fast paced thrilling first book in series. CJ has a brutal past that comes back to haunt her in the biggest case of her career. Prosecuting a rapist who's accused of murder. Zero forensic evidence to tie him to the crimes except for the dead body found in his car has CJ & the police trying to gather data and evidence to take to court. The suspect is quite familiar to CJ and she may or may not be willing to do anything to get him behind bars whether he's guilty of the murder or not. How far will one person go to seek justice? Things aren't quite adding up and the game of cat and mouse begins. ( )

One of the best crime thrillers I have ever read. The story line is excellent and very effectively written. No spoilers here. Nothing I say about the story line beyond what might be in descriptions on the book jacket or online would I consider “innocent” in spoiling the reading process. Suffice to say that I really did not want to put the book down, as the author effectively keeps you engaged throughout. Highly recommended. I look forward to reading additional materials by the author. ( )

C.J. Townsend is a prosecutor in the DA's office in Miami, Florida, several years after she had been raped and mutilated in her former incarnation as Chloe Larsen. As a member of a task force investigating a probable serial killer, C.J. is early on the scene when a man is picked up with a body in the trunk of his car.

It is when this man is arraigned that she recognizes him as her rapist. And she begins a trip down retribution lane that disturbed me.

***You may not want to read any further until you've read the book***

C.J. knows that if she admits to the DA that she knows this man as her rapist then the case will have to be taken out of that office and be assigned to another, less competent one. He could go free. She also has not told anyone of her rape and prefers to keep it that way. She chooses not to tell. The ends justify the means.

Later, other awkward situations arise and she makes essentially the same choice: to flout the law in pursuit of a better ending. Much later, near the end of the trial, crucial evidence comes to light just at the right time, assuring a conviction. Does she question the convenience? No. She is blinded by her own sense of justice. And she gets away with it.

I was disturbed by the arrogance of her choices. If the truth had come out it's possible the man would have gone free and not been able to be tried again. An ethical attorney would never have done what she did, regardless of personal history. C.J. is not a person I'd want on my side. ( )

A real page turner! I read this in 4 days! I couldn't put it down! And this is the author's first book. Because the author is an attorney, it really gave an inside look at a county prosecutors job. The main character, Chloe, starts out in law school. She is brutally raped and left for dead. Twelve years later she ends up prosecuting him in court. Very suspenseful! ( )

A good beach or airplane read. What happens when a woman must confront a man who sadistically and brutally raped her a decade ago. He's now graduated to gruesome serial killings and she's the prosecutor from hell. It's a good, workable hook, but there's very little art in what turns into a typical cat and mouse piece. Of course, there's the decent, metrosexual cop to reassure her that love is possible, as well as his lovable Latino sidekick. The author doesn't do much with location--South Florida--and there's a huge chunk of life missing in the main character's arc. The courtroom scenes are ok, with one question looming over the procedings: is anyone going to divulge that the defendant raped the prosecutor? The dialogue is one of the better things here. ( )