Probation officer and single mother Carolyn Sullivan fears for her own life when she investigates the arrest of one of her probationers for rape--a crime that the media believes she could have prevented--and discovers a link to a twenty-three-year-old crime and cover-up that could send an innocent man to jail. 60,000 first printing. Lots of defense lawyers write legal fiction, hoping that their experience will bring the courtroom scenes to life and give authenticity to the depiction of attorney-client relationships. Rosenberg handles the legal arena just fine, but her experience as a cop and a probation officer give her work an additional layer of investigatory authenticity--especially this time, when her protagonist, Carolyn Sullivan, is a probation officer attending night school to become an attorney. Juggling her coursework and her job is hard enough, let alone having to worry about how she'll handle single parenthood with her preteen daughter and college-bound son. Carolyn's pressures only mount when one of her probationary charges, convicted killer and paranoid schizophrenic Daniel Metroix, is arrested for rape. Could better supervision have prevented this heinous crime? As Carolyn doubts her own abilities, she senses something real in Metroix's cries of innocence, relating not only to the rape but also to the murder that put him away more than 20 years ago. But no one wants to hear the law student's theories, so Carolyn has to take matters into her own hands in order to protect herself and, more importantly, her children. Rosenberg puts it all together here with another thoroughly believable heroine dealing with corruption, greed, deceit, and danger. Mary Frances Wilkens Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved