By Reason of Privilege

When nine-year-old Tomás Colón is run over by the drunken son of a wealthy businessman police uncover evidence of an international heroin-smuggling operation that is responsible for several murders. The young victim's uncle Detective Luis Ortiz heads up an investigation that begins as a slam-dunk arrest. But a slick influential attorney convinces the State Attorney's Office that the evidence is circumstantial and insufficient to secure a conviction and the charges are dropped. Determined to gather concrete proof Ortiz continues the case. He soon meets Kathryn DiAgostino a forensics investigator who stirs up passion in him that he thought had died with his previous marriage.It's up to Ortiz and his fellow law enforcement officials to sift through a superficial shallow world of privileged thugs in their effort to put a stop to a string of heinous crimes. As they do so however treachery and deceit spread like a cancer among business associates friends and lovers. They all seem to have the same goal: to get cash-and as much of it as possible.Follow the money trail and Ortiz's relentless pursuit of justice in By Reason of Privilege.