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All admit that the first line of this book pulled me right in: “My daughter is missing, and I want you to find her.” That puts you right in the middle of the action and lets you know that something important is at stake. Unfortunately, I felt like the book went off the rails pretty quickly. It could have been an interesting story as it has touchstones that are very much in American national consciousness, like institutional racism, profiling, and haves vs. the have-nots. Instead, though, this book got mired down in details that just didn't matter. We hear much of the Chicago setting, people's looks down to the Nth degree of detail, food and drink, etc. So much time was spent on these details that characterization and plot suffered. I didn't connect with the characters how I like to in fiction because of this wrong focus on minutiae, not character or plot development. I also wasn't a fan of the subplot. It seemed grafted on, so to speak. I like it when a subplot in a book like this supports or contrasts with the main one. I felt like it served no such function here. As you can tell, I wasn't a fan of this book. I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.