A woman is sexually assaulted at the hotel where DSI Roy Grace's boss, ACC Alison Vosper is saying her goodbyes and introduces her successor, ACC Cassian Pewe.
The particulars of the assaults reminds Grace of similar crimes that took place in 2012. Despite extensive investigations, the rapist was never found.
Grace was unhappy how the 2012 investigation was conducted. Especially the casual sexism and the disregard of the victims. Grace also thinks that one victim was probably murdered.
In the present day, the police investigation leads them to a creepy taxi driver, a former school bully who runs a modelling agency and possibly a high ranking police officer.
This was a dark story, very creepy given how the rapist operated. The ending was too pat, especially as how the other shady suspects were dealt with by the police.
The taxi driver was so sleazy, he could had been arrested given all the bad reviews he got. There was no need for DS Potting to give him stern words.
The actual pursuit of the rapist was weird. When they went to his centre of operations, there was no other employees there. Was he a one man band with lucrative citywide contracts?
How convenient he had all those locations handily on various screens so Grace and Branson could follow his movements.
Even more convenient he carried a latex suit and a toy with him just in case he relapsed!