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Discretion

by Allison Leotta
Touchstone: S. & S. Jul. 2012. c.336p. ISBN 9781451644845. $25. F
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Caroline McBride, top escort for the Discretion agency, is tossed to her death from a Washington, DC, congressman's balcony. Anna Curtis, fresh out of Harvard Law and an assistant U.S. attorney specializing in sex crimes and domestic violence, is temporarily assigned to the homicide division, which makes her secret lover her new boss. FBI Special Agent Samantha Randozzo isn't keen on Anna's help, but they work together to bring Discretion's madam to court to compel her to reveal records that surely will affect many of Washington's elite, but then the madam is murdered.
VERDICT Leotta, a Harvard Law grad and veteran of the same job as her heroine, movingly portrays the personal anguish and moral ambiguities surrounding the sex business. Like George Pelecanos, she knows well the underbelly of our nation's capital, although her social concerns sometimes intrude on an otherwise fast-paced and twisting plot. Legal thriller and romance novel blend well in this second thriller featuring Anna (Law of Attraction), and a third is on its way.
Reviewed by Roland C. Person, formerly with Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale , Jun 15, 2012
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