"Joe King Oliver era un honesto agente de policía de Nueva York hasta que alguien le tendió una trampa que arruinó su carrera y, durante unos meses, le llevó a la cárcel. Una década más tarde, Oliver se gana la vida como investigador privado. La llegada inesperada de una carta le va a dar la oportunidad de averiguar quién le traicionó y de hacer las paces con su pasado. Paralelamente, se le presenta otro caso conflictivo: la defensa de un activista negro acusado de haber matado a dos policías."--Page [4] of cover.
Summary:
Ten years after serving time at Rikers Island for assault, Joe King Oliver, an ex-NYPD investigator working as a private detective, receives a note from a woman who admits she was paid to frame him, compelling him to find out who on the police force wanted him out. He also agrees to help a radical black journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers who had been abusing their badges to traffic in drugs and prostitutes in the city's poorest neighborhoods. The two cases intertwine, exposing a pattern of corruption and brutality wielded against black men, women, and children whose lives the law destroyed.
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