Detective's Quota Part II: The Conflict

Captain Edward Smith is the Chief of the Violent Crimes Unit in the Chicago Police Department. He has earned fame as the detective primarily responsible for the arrest and prosecution of detective John McBride, charged with the rape and murder of two women found dead in an alley on Chicago's south side. Though a jury acquitted McBride Captain Smith was convinced of McBride's guilt. After McBride's funeral, for which Smith was ordered to do an eulogy, Smith discovers evidence that a 19-year-old boy named Rory McDonald actually committed the murders for which McBride had been charged. This newly discovered evidence places Smith into a moral and legal dilemma. On the one hand, consistent with his duties as the head of the Violent Crimes Unit, Smith should arrest McDonald, thereby protecting women from McDonald's homicidal mania. However, if he arrests McDonald, Smith would risk getting charged with Obstruction of Justice and get fired for his role in prosecuting McBride. The novel ends with a portrayal of Smith's moral and legal dilemma and the way he chooses to resolve it.

Pagina's: 108, Paperback, David Cuomo Publishing