Well, I kind of wanted to like this fiction debut more than I did. It's gotten great reviews in the journals. But to me, it felt a little forced in spots. Maybe I am just not enough of a mystery fan to truly enjoy it. I expect the future installments (I assume there will be more) will be smoother. The main character is Rachel Knight, a workaholic L.A. district attorney whose colleague is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Rachel is a kind of like a modern, female Spenser who likes to knock back a drink with her female pal and has relationship commitment issues. She also inherits a "hot potato" case from her deceased colleague, of a young rape victim with a wealthy, politically connected father, who wants the case solved and prosecuted stat. She investigates both cases, with the help of her detective gal pal. It was an authentically written, tightly plotted mystery from actual D.A. Marcia Clark. It just wasn't quite my bag.