Blood on Their Hands

By Bob Brink

Book Overview

In the pivotal year 2008, a seemingly innocuous Obama bumper sticker on North African native Alec Monceau's car draws him into a terrifying ordeal of a savage police assault and an unjust charge of violently resisting arrest. Racist attorney Hiram Garbuncle reluctantly defends him, and ends up fighting for his own and Alec's lives after discovering incriminating evidence against the cops.

Monceau is eking out a living as a computer salesman, striving to support his daughter's family in Trinidad. Across town, seasoned attorney Garbuncle balances his prideful criminal defense practice with an unquenchable thirst for money and liquor, supplemented by sports and sex.

Garbuncle, an avowed alcoholic and cynic, finds himself torn between his miserly instincts and a compelling pro bono case. His certainty of a triumphant defense makes him reckless in jury selection, leading to a mistrial. But in unearthing damning evidence against the two police officers, the attorney's main mission becomes survival of himself and his client, while a new trial looms.

Blood on Their Hands forges a mesmerizing narrative from suspense and thrills, sharp twists and riveting courtroom drama. Amid the intense action sequences and scenes intimating lust is the deep pathos of a tragic love story, contrasted with comic scenes that lighten the mood.

This tale teems with vibrant characters, piquant dialogue, mesmerizing twists and turns, and a wrenching moral dilemma, delivering a message that resonates in our time.

But at its heart, "Blood on Their Hands" is a transformative journey-a poignant saga of redemption. Prepare to be enthralled, amused, and deeply moved by this extraordinary novel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0578261804
• ISBN13: 9780578261805
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Precipice Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"