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Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two years in prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on one mission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blue again is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has the right to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister on her side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S. attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars. Then Roy Kingman enters her life. Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took a high-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital.
Soon, what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn-into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.It's fast moving and entertaining. Anyone that has read many of David Baldacci's books know that he will always deliver intricate plotting for the good guys to take on the bad guys. I admit that I didn't understand...or even try to understand all the financial intrigue. That was one of the things that lost the book a higher rating. I also didn't find the book "character driven" like most of his other books. Mace was not very likable nor did she use very good sense in making some discussions....but then neither did some of the other characters coming to think of it. Overall...the story was just okay but not up to Baldacci's usual offereng.
