- A
- TV
- investigative
- reporter
- and
- his
- sister,
- a
- San
- Francisco
- PD
- homicide
- detective,
- look
- into
- the
- slayings
- of
- Bay
- Area
- cops
- who
- have
- shot
- unarmed
- African
- Americans
- yet
- faced
- no
- repercussions
- in
- this
- debut
- crime
- thriller.***“Brian
- Copeland’s
- thrilling
- debut
- novel
- is
- a
- revelation
- from
- an
- excitingly
- fresh
- voice
- ‘of
- color’
- in
- the
- arena
- of
- crime
- fiction
- .
- .
- .
- He
- manages
- to
- take
- a
- ‘ripped
- from
- the
- headlines’
- topic,
- the
- shooting
- of
- unarmed
- African
- Americans
- by
- police,
- and
- turn
- it
- into
- an
- exciting
- and
- entertaining
- blend
- of
- action,
- mystery,
- and
- social
- commentary.”
- —***New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- JONATHAN
- KELLERMANWhen
- San
- Francisco
- Police
- Officer
- Mickey
- Driscoll
- is
- gunned
- down
- in
- the
- driveway
- of
- his
- suburban
- Bay
- Area
- home
- in
- broad
- daylight,
- the
- suspects
- are
- numerous.
- Was
- the
- murder
- committed
- by
- someone
- close
- to
- him?
- An
- arrestee
- seeking
- revenge?
- Or
- was
- it
- one
- of
- the
- many
- rioters,
- activists,
- and
- militant
- groups
- harassing
- his
- family
- since
- he
- accidentally
- shot
- and
- killed
- an
- unarmed
- African
- American
- honor
- student?TV
- investigative
- reporter
- Topher
- Davis,
- the
- only
- Black
- journalist
- on
- that
- beat,
- has
- exactly
- three
- weeks
- to
- do
- one
- final
- story
- before
- his
- position
- is
- eliminated
- due
- to
- corporate
- budget
- cuts.
- Enlisting
- the
- aid
- of
- his
- sister,
- SFPD
- Homicide
- Detective
- Lynn
- Sloan,
- he
- decides
- to
- investigate
- what
- the
- families
- of
- Blacks
- killed
- by
- police--and
- the
- families
- of
- the
- cops
- themselves--go
- through
- when
- tragic
- events
- like
- this
- occur.
- Instead,
- they
- find
- themselves
- involved
- in
- an
- ever-expanding
- mystery
- as
- more
- officers
- who’ve
- committed
- the
- same
- offense
- turn
- up
- dead.
- Weaving
- their
- way
- through
- a
- world
- of
- grieving
- mothers
- and
- widows,
- African
- American
- militias,
- dirty
- cops,
- and
- drug
- dealers,
- they
- search
- for
- the
- truth
- that
- threatens
- to
- leave
- one
- .
- .
- .
- or
- both
- .
- .
- .
- siblings dead.
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