"Absolutely a must read!"
Speak Of The Devil
By: Allison Leotta
Genres: Thriller Legal
Posted: August 6, 2013
Anna Curtis is a prosecutor in the Sex Crimes Division of the U.S. Attorney\'s Office. At the moment she is reconciling with, and getting engaged to Jack Bailey, detectives on D.C.\'s Human Trafficking Task Force are getting ready to shut down a brothel. Chaos erupts when the police arrive to discover the brothel has been invaded by machete wielding members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang under the direction of El Diablo, a man who looks and acts like the devil. As Anna works with the police to uncover the truth and build a case against MS-13, the lives of everyone involved are threatened by a gang whose motto is "Kill, Rape, Control." The secrets she uncovers in the process will threaten everything Anna holds dear.
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL is an intense and sometimes dark story. Ms. Leotta paints a realistic picture of the violence Anna confronts every day, as well as the appeal and horror of being a gang member. I must admit to skimming some of the more violent passages in the early sections of the book. Anna Curtis is intelligent, strong, and committed heroine who still has her own vulnerabilities, particularly in her personal life. While I think SPEAK OF THE DEVIL works as a standalone story, I would recommend reading the first two books in the series to appreciate the twists and turns in Anna\'s life.
If you are a fan us legal thrillers, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL is absolutely a must read.
Book Summary
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL AND HE WILL APPEAR
On the very night she gets engaged to the man she loves, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis's professional life takes a shocking turn that threatens everything she holds dear.
While Anna is enjoying a romantic dinner capped off by a marriage proposal, a few miles away two separate groups are gearing up to raid a brothel. A vicious killer known as "Diablo,” the Devil leads one group. A few minutes later, Anna's own investigative team heads in to search the brothel, as part of the fight against human trafficking in D.C. Both groups are caught off guard, with deadly results.
As Anna investigates the bloody face-off, the boundaries between her work and home life begin to blur. Though eager to focus on her new fiance, the chief homicide prosecutor Jack Bailey, and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Olivia, this case and the search for Diablo are never far from her mind.
When Anna discovers a web of long-buried secrets and official lies leading straight to her doorstep, the truth about this case threatens to rob her of the happiness she seemed so close to securing. And everything Anna counted on becomes a question mark as Diablo moves in for yet another kill.
Allison Leotta draws on her experience as a D.C. sex-crimes prosecutor to take readers into the back rooms of the U.S. Attorney's Office, the hidden world of the Witness Protection Program, and the secret rituals of one of America's most dangerous gangs. Universally praised by bestselling authors from Catherine Coulter and George Pelecanos to Lisa Scottoline and David Baldacci, Leotta weaves fact and fiction to create her best novel yet.
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by: Allison Leotta
Touchstone
August 1, 2013
On Sale: August 6, 2013
Featuring: Anna Curtis
288 pages
ISBN: 145164485X
EAN: 9781451644852
Kindle: B00A27XE9K
Hardcover / e-Book