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Trespasser 70%

Antoinette goes into a total paranoid state. She believes, for a chapter, that everyone is out to get her kicked out of the murder squad, including Steve and another friend, Fleas.  Not completely convincing.  Rory as stalker of Aislinn is a convincing, good twist, as is the appearance of Antoinette's father.  The scene with him is great, and leads to the breakthrough:  Aislinn, to learn more about her dad's disappearance, gets involved with a policeman.  Probably Breslin.  A. theory goes like this.  Breslin, vain, is angered when he learns Aislinn has another beau.  He asks McCann to go talk to her and sort it out while he sets up an alibi.  McCann kills her, accidentally probably.  McCann cleans up like a cop would, then tells Breslin.  Breslin calls it in, hoping maybe she's only hurt.  Since then, McCann has tried to act like a crooked cop and push Antoinette and Steve into thinking gangs are involved to keep them off the real facts.

Seems like this it, so what will happen in the next 30% of the book.
Antoinette is back in good with Steve--God knows why Steve puts up with her.

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