A great sequel to the first, though I think I prefer the themes and time period focus of the first one more. This one focuses on missing women and gerrymandering, essentially, in a predominantly black neighbourhood around the mid 90s.

During an election season another girl goes missing, creating a pattern and a lot of pressure to solve the murders as fast as possible. With circumstantial evidences they finger the grandkid of one of the opponents, and Jay Porter, who has been trying his best to leave town and move on with his girls, is pulled into a criminal case. He hasn’t practiced in years and his life is in transition, creating multiple narrative tensions.

Like all legal thrillers, there is a methodical kind of pacing that doesn’t always work for me, but the counterbalance of numerous subplots and the tension there do a good job of pushing things along. Solid on all fronts, just like the first.