![]() ![]() The result is a predictable mystery with little suspense. ![]() Hellmann also depicts the criminal justice system with less sophistication than readers might expect. Davis at one point makes the poor choice of pretending to be a social worker from the dead girl's school, an easily exposed lie that sets back her probe. Hired by Cam's sister to investigate, Davis learns that Sara may have been in the forest as part of a hazing ritual conducted by a clique of her posh high school classmates, one of whom is an ambitious local prosecutor's daughter. ![]() Since the victim's friends saw Cam standing over Sara's body clutching a bloody baseball bat, it appears to be an open-and-shut case. In A Picture of Guilt, Foreman makes an imprudent decision that results in her nearly losing her business. The book is set in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. Cam Jordan, a mentally deficient sex offender, stands accused of murdering 17-year-old Sara Long in a forest preserve. Hellmanns first novel, An Eye for Murder, introduces Foreman, her father, and her daughter, as well as other recurring characters. The author of the Ellie Foreman series (A Shot to Die For, etc.) launches the underwhelming first of a new series featuring another Chicago sleuth, former cop-turned-PI Georgia Davis, who shares a past with Foreman. ![]()
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