Ballard spends this day working on the first crime in the book--the credit card theft. She, with help from a call center in Mumbai, tracks perp (Nettles) to a motel room and busts him. She does not follow procedures to the letter and is criticized by another cop. After that, she sleeps with the parole officer who has come out because Nettles is on parole. She awakens in his apt and gets a call from Jenkins, her partner. Her old partner, Chastain, has been murdered. (Chastain did not tell the truth when she complained about sexual harassment from Olivez.) She drives out to Chastain's place but Olivez sends her away. There is a suggestion that Chastain's murder is connected to the murders in the restaurant. Murder was execution style.
Excellent start . . . orphaned girl with a knack for chess, taught by janitor, harsh orphanage despite its courtly look.
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