Deaver's third (and apparently final) entry in leading "lady" "Rune" series...We modestly enjoyed Deaver's two earlier entries in this set ("Manhattan Is My Beat" and "Death Of A Blue Movie Star") about a very quirky 20's-something female (now) camerawoman named Rune. Rune definitely has a different outlook on life, not always finding it easy to differentiate between her rose-colored views of life and reality. Upon viewing some old film footage of a prison inmate declaring his innocence (hardly novel), she somehow decides and determines he’s telling the truth and sets about to prove it, despite little support at first, and interference later, from her actual employers at the network news bureau where she toils.As in the first two stories, Rune’s eccentricities and daily goings-on are amusing enough to almost overshadow the mystery at hand. But when things turn sinister toward the end of the novel, the suspense factor heats up to almost a bonafide mystery story! Incidentally, a sub-plot about Rune acting as a "foster mother" for a friend who has abandoned her daughter, lends a somewhat more human and inspirational side to our otherwise immature heroine...Deaver will go on to much greater fame with his non-series novels, and his wildly successful series about the famous quadriplegic forensic sleuth Lincoln Rhyme, but these early efforts are easy reading affairs that entertain – good enough !
Third book in the Rune Trilogy. Rune is a young woman who is very independent and remains true to herself in the way she expresses who she is. This time she is working at a news station as a camerawoman. She finds a letter sent to the station by a man in prison who claims he was wrongfully incarcerated. She watches old videos of him when he was first arrested and decides he really is innocent. She convinces a Network reporter to create a segment about the man's innocence despite the fact that the person he is accused of murdering was the reporter's boss .... mmm-hmmm. Good story overall although very unbelievable in many aspects.
