The second thriller following Erin McCabe's dangerous existence as a lawyer. In this book she is stuck in a confusing case of online espionage when her client packs up and runs. Shortly thereafter an undercover detective approaches her about a case that seems to be connected to it and again she finds herself defending a transgender woman against a group of the rich and powerful, who want nothing more than to shut her up.
I quite enjoyed this book. The issues I had in the first book where taken care of (the mexican trans woman wasn't given a racist accent and her cultural heritage was not portrayed one-dimensionally and the bi-erasure was fixed, awknowleding it as a false idea and having Erin embrace her identity as a bisexual woman!) and the thriller aspect was tense and nailbite-worthy.
I also enjoyed the inclusion of some technological aspects and especially the respectful handeling of such a tough topic as the abuse that was handled here. I also liked that Mark got some more character and we found out a bit more about Swisher (still would love to know more about him though!). Erin's family played a bit less of a role this time around, but I found the handeling of her mom's cancer diagnosis to be well done. Particularly Erin's own insecurities of being a trans woman and this being her first relationship with a man post-transitioning and what people may think about him as a result also play a big role.
The only two issues I had was that the villains (again) were at points over-the-top villainous and evil and that some dialogues seemed a bit 101 trans education for a cis audience. Still I really enjoyed this thriller and I'm excited to start the third one!

TW: suicide, murder, sexual assault, child sexual assault, child pornography, cancer, transmisogyny, transphobia.