New York City Detective Kathy (to no one) Mallory is still on desk duty when the rats begin to fall from the sky in Central Park. A waif-like girl, Coco, who knows an awful lot about rats and their habits, is the jumping off point for three gruesome discoveries in the trees in Central Park that lead Mallory (who has taken herself off of desk duty so fast her boss has barely had time to react) and her partner Riker on a wild chase through the city, looking for a murderer, finding a pedophile, a cold society matron and a vengeance plot fifteen years in the making, a plot that will lead to the undoing of many lives.
Mallory, the former foster child of a cop, is as tough and detached as they come, but the little girl in her midst has touched something deep inside that perhaps no one, including Mallory, knew existed. Surrounded by her father’s former cronies who do their best to make sure she doesn’t self-destruct, Mallory makes sure justice is served, and carried out, even after the final sentence has been handed down.
Nothing is wasted in this narrative. There are no red herrings to tease, every piece that is revealed is there it place in an intricate puzzle that when finished, provides a most disturbing landscape. A marvelously flawed main character and a tightly plotted mystery make this series one of the best police detective series around. A character and a story that will stay with you and leave you longing for more.
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