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Gail Zigman, town selectwoman and Joe Gunther's companion of many years,
is raped, and the detective finds himself caught between the media,
local politicians, and a network of well-meaning victims' rights
advocates as he tries to put his own feelings aside and follow the trail
of evidence.

Every lead seems to point to a single, obvious suspect, but is the
evidence too perfect? Risking his friendship with Gail, the respect of
his peers, and his own life, Lt. Gunther keeps digging, hoping to find
out if the man they have in jail is rightly there, or if the evidence
against him is tainted—"fruits of the poisonous tree."Â