This is the third book in a row I have read from Ms. Cornwell and I am utterly turned off. Enter Monique- a manipulative and power hungry district attorney and her favourite toss around pawn, detective Win Garano. The DA comes up with a self-serving scheme to accelerate her career (not sure what happened to that scheme in this book). The book description mentions a shocking violent act- someone rapes the DA- but this was not shocking at all, the woman was portrayed as being unashamedly selfish and greedy blood craving shark! The scenes in this book are mediocre and intrigue refused to enter the door. Horrid.