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In South Gardens, everybody knows everybody-but nobody knows everything.
Twenty-three-year-old Malik Joseph has spent years trying to stay out of the streets and build a better future for his mother and younger brother, Jaylen. Working long hours and saving every dollar he can, Malik dreams of finally leaving their struggling South Florida neighborhood behind.
But one night changes everything.
During a crowded neighborhood block party, seventeen-year-old KJ Harris is shot and killed behind the local corner store. Jaylen witnesses what happened-and somebody knows he saw it.
Soon, threatening messages appear on Jaylen's phone. A mysterious car begins following him. His family is photographed without their knowledge. The warning is simple:
Don't say nothing.
As Malik fights to protect his brother, KJ's murder begins uncovering secrets buried throughout South Gardens. Malik's lifelong best friend, Tre, may be connected to more than he's admitting. Dre Baptiste discovers KJ wasn't the intended target. Officer Marcus Reed finds evidence linking his own brother to the crime, while a mysterious memory card threatens to expose something much bigger than one murder.
Then Malcolm "Mal" Baptiste returns to South Gardens carrying secrets from a past that was supposed to stay buried.
With trust disappearing and danger closing in, Malik must figure out who is telling the truth before his family becomes the next target.
In South Gardens, loyalty can keep you alive-but trusting the wrong person can get you killed.