Path to Atonement

Path to Atonement the third novel in Prosecutor Nick Drummondslegal-thriller trilogy begins with a Nepalese girl escaping from a brothelin Tijuana. That leads to Drummonds task force investigating andprosecuting an international sex and forced-labor trafficking ring whichis based in San Diego. Innocent teenage girls from India and Nepal areforced into prostitution by ruthless overseers.Path to Atonement continues the authors behind-the-scenes portrayal with wit and insight of the criminal justice system and how a taskforce truly operates. Path to Atonements action takes the reader fromKathmandu Kashmir Delhi Vietnam and Tanzanias Serengeti and Mt.Kilimanjaro to Yellowstone National Park San Diego and Tijuana.Jim Dutton was a career prosecutor in California.National television shows 48 Hours Cold Case andForensic Files have featured his murder trials. Heprosecuted numerous child molestation and rapecases. He was the Chief of the California AttorneyGenerals Money Laundering Program for twentyyears and testified before the U.S. Congress severaltimes on that subject. Jim was the representative forhuman trafficking for the San Diego-based CaliforniaAttorney Generals Office and incorporated ahuman trafficking analysis in his Money LaunderingManual for law enforcement.Jim is an avid outdoorsman photographer and traveler. He has writtennumerous travel and legal articles over the years. He lives with his wife two sons and their incorrigible skunk-seeking dog Wylie Coyote in DelMar California.Nick Drummond struggles with the consequences of his past acts andseeks relief at a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh India before making themost difficult decision of his life.