Former police officer, Joanne Cordova had made a nice life for herself but a few bad choices cost her her career and lead her to hit bottom as a crack addicted prostitute. She crosses paths with Robert Lee Riggan Jr., a john who takes her shopping and on a trip to the mountains. Joanne might be a crack head but she is nobodies fool. Luck is on her side though it runs out for Anita Paley, who also crosses paths with Riggan. Her trip to the mountain ends in a murder so brutal that it even stuns the experienced coroner.
Is Riggan a victim of strange circumstances or a sadistic sexual predator, warped by his neglectful childhood, surrounded by a family full of child molesters? Rough Trade explores Riggans life, as well as that of Joanne Cordova, the woman who helped bring him to justice. A good read, with an interesting look into the complexities of the justice system. Riggan was sentenced in 1999 and remains in Colorado corrections.
