This first book in the ground-breaking Mimi/Gianna mystery series introduces the protagonists and from the beginning, their natural antagonism takes center stage: Lieutenant Gianna Maglione heads the Hate Crimes Unit of the Washington, DC police department while Mimi Patterson is the city's best known, it not most well-liked, investigative news paper reporter. She sees it as her job to find the truth and tell it--because the public has a right to know. For Gianna, too much information in the public domain can drive a criminal underground, allowing him--or her--to escape justice. Reporters and cops are used to being natural enemies. They expect it. What they don't expect is
i throughly enjoyed the book. it was refreshing to read characters that were lesbians, but their lesbianism was not central to the storyline, just who/what they happened to be outside of their respective jobs. as in any relationship, when two differnt job responsibilities show signs of straining a relationship, the parties involved work things out, or go their separate ways. in this case, the main characters, gianna and mimi, were able to work things out and build a continuing relationship
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