A homeless man is found found dead by the river. On a cold, dark morning two days later, a Somali immigrant bicycling to work is clipped by a truck, falls down a hill, and lands on top of a dead homeless woman. Ari Greene is back on the Toronto PD, and he and Daniel Kennicott have the case. They begin their investigation. Then there is a third homeless victim. This woman had once been a famous lawyer—beloved and admired—married to a city councilman and the mother of an eleven-year-old daughter before turning to the streets. As they dig deeper, the detectives learn a great deal about homelessness in their city, including the fact that a great many people profit from it, in particular the drug companies that sell the drugs to the city that keep many people tranquil, if not sedated. The obvious possibilities fall by the wayside when they arrest the most unlikely suspect. A tour de force.
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