Blood on Their Hands

Weaving a Tangled Web

by Bob Brink

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Pub Date May 04 2020 | Archive Date Mar 03 2021

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General Fiction (Adult) | Multicultural Interest | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

A racist attorney faces a crisis of conscience when reluctantly defending a black man brutally beaten by police and charged with resisting arrest.

Hiram Garbuncle is a veteran criminal defense attorney—as well as a racist, miserly alcoholic. His life revolves around hoarding money, following sports, pursuing sex, drinking—and the prideful practice of law.

Alec Monceau is a black man working to support his daughter’s family in Trinidad. It is 2008, and his car carries an Obama bumper sticker. This political advertisement leads to a superfluous traffic stop and a brutal beating by police.

It goes against Garbuncle’s grain to defend a black man from a charge of violently resisting arrest, but he is so confident of winning that he is negligent in the jury selection, and a mistrial occurs. He then discovers incriminating evidence on the two cops, and his new challenge becomes how to keep himself and his client alive pending a new trial.

A racist attorney faces a crisis of conscience when reluctantly defending a black man brutally beaten by police and charged with resisting arrest.

Hiram Garbuncle is a veteran criminal defense...

Advance Praise

" Powered by expert plotting and topnotch characterization, the story pulls the reader in, keeping them turning pages until the exhilarating, tension-filled ending. Imaginative prose and sharp dialogue are bonus points. Despite the issues of racism and corruption at its heart, the novel is a tension-filled, fast-paced crime drama that lovers of finely constructed crime thrillers won’t want to miss. Deliciously readable! The Prairies Book Review

(The book) has an excellent storyline with great dialogue. Bob Brink provides us with wonderful descriptions of people and places. It's a fast-paced page-turner that pulls the reader in from the first page. Brink is one of my favorite authors and he definitely didn't disappoint with this one. Author Kim Aalaie

Brink has a gift for characterization, whether it be the oh-so-seedily smooth mob lawyer Feinberg or the stern but astute Judge Crabtree … Blood on Their Hands (is) a novel that manages to examine serious issues in wildly entertaining ways. Author Michael Hartnett.

A gripping read that is so appropriate for this time … The author is adept at creating a thought provoking work dealing with the issues of race and police brutality … A riveting courtroom drama that should be mandatory reading! Douglas J. Bjur

" Powered by expert plotting and topnotch characterization, the story pulls the reader in, keeping them turning pages until the exhilarating, tension-filled ending. Imaginative prose and sharp...