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It's a (Bad) Man's World

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Out of all the evils which men can do, sexual predators are among the most reviled. So deeply-rooted is our hatred of them, in fact, that it’s impossible for us to feel much sympathy for a sex offender who is himself the victim of a serious crime. (It seems a lot less awful and a lot more like karmic retribution, if you will.)  What if the person has already been amply punished (according to the legal system), though? Is he still exempt from sympathy if the worst happens to him? Author Jane Casey offers a thrilling--and thoughtful--look at how we view the monsters who live among us, in The Reckoning .     ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ Detective Constable Maeve Kerrigan doesn’t know whether to be happy or horrified when her supervisor tells her she’s being partnered with DI Josh Derwent. On one hand, working with an experienced, successful detective like Derwent should prove invaluable to Maeve, still a newbie on the murder task force. On the other hand, she’s heard through the