Bad Break: A Novel
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Blake Wilson is accustomed to plucking nerves. He's young. He's Black. He rarely bites his tongue. And he's a dogged newspaper reporter who lives by the mantra of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
But when he catches a brutal murder story that threatens to ignite racial and political tensions in his beloved Chicago, Wilson quickly realizes the story is not what it seems and must race to solve the crime in a way the police can't before all hell breaks loose and he and people he cares about are hurt...or worse.
If that isn't enough, Wilson finds himself tempted by the potential fame of a salacious story that could distract from the justice his murder victims are due and put his career in jeopardy.
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