Silent Mercy / Linda Fairstein / 384 pages

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney of the Sex Crimes Unit Alexandra Cooper, Homicide Detective Mike Chapman and various other characters solve the mystery of some grisly murders that target pariahs of various religions. It takes awhile for the action to heat up and some of the plot lines are left hanging. What you do experience is the awful, sleepless, grueling, depressing, violent, and political pressures that detectives must sustain in order to solve crimes and you wonder how they maintain any balance in their lives. I can say this is the only suspense novel that took me on board a circus train...