Bourbon And Betrayal

<p><strong>Bourbon & Betrayal</strong><br><em>By JN Nartey</em></p><p>In the heart of Kentucky's bourbon-soaked aristocracy lies a secret darker than charred oak barrels and more potent than cask strength whiskey.</p><p>Federal Judge Margaret Whitmore Blackstone is poised to become the youngest woman ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. But when a documentary filmmaker begins probing the cold case of Jazz Washington-a brilliant idealistic Black student murdered 25 years ago-Maggie's perfectly aged legacy threatens to unravel. The investigation awakens old secrets buried by her powerful Southern family-secrets involving institutional cover-ups sexual assault and systematic murder meant to protect privilege at any cost.</p><p>As four women-Maggie a university president a tech mogul a country music icon and a museum director-confront their shared complicity and long-suppressed guilt they must choose between preserving their power or honoring the friend they betrayed. With the walls of elite institutions crumbling under the weight of truth <em>Bourbon & Betrayal</em> is a searing multi-layered thriller that exposes how far American institutions will go to protect themselves-and the women courageous enough to bring them down.</p><p>Part <em>Scandal</em> part <em>The Secret History</em> and part <em>The Me You Can't See</em> this explosive novel blends Southern Gothic political intrigue and feminist reckoning into an unforgettable cocktail of justice memory and redemption.</p>