The first novel in Pulitzer Prize-winning Edna Buchanan’s riveting Britt Montero series.
Meet Britt Montero, a crime reporter for a major Miami newspaper. She practically sleeps with a police scanner by her bedside. She’s dedicated and brave enough to pursue a story no matter where it takes her.
When a high-speed police chase leads to the death of a black football hero, Britt discovers that … discovers that what seems like a cut-and-dry case is actually an intricate web of racially charged violence. As the city she loves explodes into a major riot, Britt is caught-up in life-threatening events that bring the case to its shocking twist.
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Good grief. How is that I have overlooked Edna Buchanan’s Britt Montero series for so long? I’m remedying that immediately! Crime reporter Britt is smart, sexy, and knows her way around a Miami newsroom–and the Miami police department. I’ve already ordered the second book in this long-standing series.
A black man dies under murky circumstances at the hands of white cops. The official story is full of holes. The Blue Wall forms. Journalists find the real story, which blows apart a city where too many have heard lies for too long.
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