"Three generations torn apart--by bullets fired fifty years ago...Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops--one black, one white--are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia,1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth. Philadelphia, 2015: Jim's daughter Audrey, a forensic science student, re-opens her grandfather's murder for a research paper. But as Audrey digs deeper, she comes to realize that Stanton probably didn't pull the trigger--and her father may have made a horrible mistake.."--
A forensic scientist discovers the truth about her homicide detective grandfather's murder in 1965 Philadelphia and realizes what her own father, also a homicide detective, might have done after the accused killer's 1995 release from prison.
A forensic scientist discovers the truth about her homicide detective grandfather's murder in 1965 Philadelphia and realizes what her own father, also a homicide detective, might have done after the accused killer's 1995 release from prison. 30,000 first printing.
Three generations torn apart--by bullets fired fifty years ago.
On the streets of Philadelphia in 1965, two street cops--one black, one white--are gunned down in a tavern robbery gone wrong. The cold-blooded killing stuns a racially-divided city. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy.
Thirty years later, Jim Walczak becomes a Philadelphia Homicide Detective. His father's killer--who was supposed to be sent to the electric chair--has been released from prison. Weeks later, Howard Lee Tate is found dead from a drug overdose. Did Jim do it?
Fast-forward to 2015. Jim Walczak's daughter Audrey, studying forensic science in graduate school, investigates her grandfather's 50-year-old murder for her dissertation. As Audrey digs deeper, she comes to a realization: the man convicted of killing Stan Walczak--Howard Lee Tate--didn't do it.
