A Hate Crime in Brooklyn

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A long overdue call for change that will be felt deeply by all its readers</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Michael P. Padden Federal Defenders of New York</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A stunningly good debut novel . . . . Novels such as <em>To Kill A Mockingbird</em> and <em>A Time To Kill </em>set a high benchmark for the genre but <em>A Hate Crime In Brooklyn</em> raises it - and then some! What a great curtain raiser for a literary career.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Netgalley Reviewer</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Thought-provoking tale of expectations and disappointments prejudice and intolerance love and forgiveness</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> Netgalley Reviewer </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>****************</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Can justice prevail in a city torn by hate? The gripping debut legal thriller from US lawyer David G. Secular</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>When Sofia Hushemi a sheltered Albanian immigrant carelessly collides with Sylvester Stanley on her way home from Prospect Park both escape injury. Upon discovering the loss of her precious ring gifted to her by Victor the feared kingpin of the Albanian-American Mafia she frantically presumes Sylvester a Black man was not a jogger but a culprit. Hours later Sylvester is attacked in broad daylight leaving Sofia facing life behind bars for allegedly ordering the attack. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The trial is a rollercoaster of surprises penned by an author intimately familiar with the courtroom. Can Sofia escape conviction for the racially motivated crime which has polarized New York?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Gripping thought-provoking and moving </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Hate Crime in Brooklyn</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is much more than a story of yet another presumptuous attempt to kill a Black man solely because of the color of his skin. It is a tale of understanding and forgiveness for our troubled times and an unforgettable love story evolves which will mesmerize and delight readers of all ages.</span></p>