Murder of Crows

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(41 42 46 1)>When a beloved pastor is found dead private investigator Harris Bushvill is drawn into a world where faith politics and power collide. What begins as a murder case becomes a revelation an unmasking of the uneasy alliance between the modern Black church and state control.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(41 42 46 1)>Through the haunting metaphor of the 501(c)(3) Sleeping Pill Shannon Riley exposes how religion can be used to quiet prophets suppress truth and pacify a people on the edge of awakening.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(41 42 46 1)>Told in a voice both weary and defiant Murder of Crows moves between the sacred and the street the pulpit and the underworld where every sermon hides a secret and every prayer costs a price. The crows ever circling bear witness to judgment rebirth and the enduring will to rise.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(41 42 46 1)>Echoing the spirit of James Baldwin Walter Mosley and Colson Whitehead Riley delivers a powerful blend of noir suspense social commentary and spiritual confrontation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(41 42 46 1)>Murder of Crows is part mystery part gospel part awakening a story about silence and truth loyalty and betrayal and the faith required to stay awake when the world wants you asleep.</span></p><p></p>