An overturned conviction in an old rape case leads to Chicago PI Anni Koskinen (introduced in In the Wind, 2008) looking for the real offender. As an undergraduate, Jill McKenzie was the victim of the Lincoln Park Rapist, who also savagely beat her and killed her dog, a crime for which 16-year-old African American Chase Taylor was quickly charged. After Taylor's conviction is thrown out decades later, McKenzie, now a sociology professor, finds rape cases much like hers and believes her assailant is still out there attacking women. Hired by McKenzie, ex-cop Koskinen, who left the force after testifying againist a fellow officer, teams with Jerry Pozorski, the retired detective who had worked the McKenzie case, to build a new scenario despite resistance from the police and the politically ambitious state's attorney, who convicted Taylor. Librarian Fister's compelling story line is undermined by a hasty and scattered conclusion, but her portrayals of rape victims and a man wrongfully convicted are notable, and Anni Koskinen in action is a pleasure to watch. --Michele Leber
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