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In her fifth novel, THE LAST GOOD GIRL (Touchstone Hardcover; May 3, 2016; $25.00; ISBN: 978-1-4767-6111-4) Leotta tackles campus rape at a prestigious Michigan university. Drawing inspiration from real cases, Leotta explores the issue of sexual assaults on campuses, the struggles of Title IX activists fighting for change, the technology that has revolutionized the ways crimes are committed and investigated, and the lengths those in power will go to protect their own.
Allison Leotta is a former federal sex-crimes prosecutor who creates compelling fiction based on her real-life experience. In her debut novel, Law of Attraction (2010), she examined domestic violence and earned a starred review from Library Journal, which proclaimed, “Leotta joins the big leagues with pros like Lisa Scottoline and Linda Fairstein.” In her second novel, Discretion (2012), named a Best Book of the Year by Strand Magazine and Romance Reviews Today, Leotta explored D.C.’s underworld of high-end escorts; in Speak of the Devil (2013), named a Best Book of the Year by Suspense Magazine, she looked at MS-13, one of America’s most brutal street gangs; and in A Good Killing (2015), named a “Summer’s Best of the Best” books by O, The Oprah magazine, Leotta explored small-town football-team secrets, drawing inspiration from the Steubenville rape case and the Jerry Sandusky trial.