Blood Perfect

By T.L. Bequette

Book Overview

A criminal defense lawyer. A nearly unbeatable eyewitness case. A trial that dredges up the one crime he's never escaped.

Joe Turner has built a career defending the accused in Oakland's criminal courts, but his latest case may be impossible to win.

Allston Walker has been charged with the savage attempted murder of Jefferson Devaney, a racist hotel caretaker who swears Walker is the man who stabbed him. The case looks airtight: a named identification, a brutal crime scene, and a sympathetic victim the jury is bound to trust. Still, Joe takes the case.

As he and his offbeat investigator dig into the evidence, Joe finds himself battling slippery police work, a smug prosecutor, and a trial that refuses to go where it should. At the same time, the violence of the case awakens buried memories of the unsolved murder that shattered Joe's own childhood-forcing him to confront a past he has spent years outrunning. Then the twists begin.

Sharp, funny, and deeply authentic, Blood Perfect is a gripping courtroom thriller about misidentification, trauma, obsession, and the dangerous gap between truth and what a jury is prepared to believe.

"5/5 Stars. A fantastic read for fans of courtroom drama, light detective work, and endings with a twist...that will keep you interested from cover to cover." -San Francisco Book Reviews

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684339960
• ISBN13: 9781684339969
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Black Rose Writing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"