Abuse of Power - Nancy Taylor Rosenberg

Rachel Simmons is a single mother who, after having lost her husband to cancer, struggles from day to day just to pay off the lingering hospital bills and support her two children, Tracy and Joe. She works at night as a policewoman and sleeps most of the day - just to be at least physically present around her children during the day. Rachel's decision to become a policewoman stems from an early childhood experience - she was kidnapped by a man and sexually assaulted. The police officer who saved her from the claws of this horrible creature and from a much worse fate became someone Rachel admired and looked up to. Idealising the profession, Rachel joined the ...