Hazing (a process by which individuals are subject to humiliation as
part of an initiation to a group), an affluent teenage prostitution ring where
the girls turn tricks for ipods over fixes, a real estate scandal, and adultery
comprise this enjoyable and heinous viewpoint of the young and rich or well
to-do middle class teenage girls embroiled in a murder investigation.
In Chicago’s North Shore, Georgia Davis is hired to prove the innocence
of a mentally handicapped man accused of the brutal murder of 17yro Sara Long.
While, a convicted sex offender, the case isn’t as clear cut as the police and
prosecution had hoped.
Before long Davis is shot at, taunted, and subjected to horrors within
the confines of her own home. Yet her steely determination and cop attitude
(having recently been kicked off the force) keep her firmly on the hunt to
prove the accused innocence.
EASY INNOCENCE shines a light on a very real topic, teens pimping teens
and young women near or just at the age of consent (sometimes younger) prostituting
themselves for the purpose of acquiring material wealth – it’s a deliberately unsettling
take on an issue operating covertly in plain sight. The parents, mostly
ignorant to their children’s out of school activities soon learn just how easy
their innocent existence is lost.
Libby Fischer-Hellmann writes EASY INNOCENCE in a very convincing
manner. The situations the characters find themselves are plausible and the actions
of Davis and co are just in their pursuit or hindrance of justice. This was a
very quick read – not due to the page count but rather the quality of writing –
EASY INNOCENCE is easy to read and flows very well from one chapter to the
next. I will certainly be tracking down further Georgia Davis novels if EASY
INNOCENCE is anything to go by.
Overall, this is a highly entertaining crime fiction where the subject
matter doesn’t reflect the shiny and affluent facade of the crime – a subtly heinous
affair which will keep you engrossed from the violent beginning to startling
end. 4 stars.
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