From Kirkus Reviews

Published July 15, 2006

Think cops are your friends? If you’re a rape victim, think again.

Lueders, news editor of a weekly paper in Madison, Wisc., follows Patty (no last name given) from the night she was attacked, through the final riveting trial of her rapist. …Lueders was by no means a detached reporter of Patty’s travails; he championed her in the press and helped connect her to legal advocates. Nevertheless, he makes an effort to be evenhanded here….

[With a] well-developed cast of characters and vivid dialogue, [this is] an important, if imperfect, account that will captivate and outrage readers.