ldquoThe test of a crime series is its main character and Sully is someone wersquoll want to read about again and again When the murder victim in the novel is identified as the young scion of one of the cityrsquos most wealthy and influential African American families the story expands its themes of race and class which lend it dimensionrdquomdashLisa ScottolineThe Washington PostReporter Sully Carter returns in a thrilling murder mystery of race wealth and family secretsWhen Billy Ellison the son of Washington DCrsquos most influential African-American family is found dead in the Potomac near a violent drug haven reporter Sully Carter knows itrsquos time to start asking some serious questionsmdashnomatter what the consequences With the police unable to find a lead and pressure mounting for Sully to abandon the investigation he has a hunch that there is more to the case than a drug deal gone bad or a tale of family misfortune Riding the citys backstreets on his Ducati Sully finds that the real story stretches far beyond Billyand into DCrsquos most prominent social circles A hard drinker still haunted by his years as a war correspondent in Bosnia Sully now must strike a dangerous balance between DCrsquos two extremesmdashthe cityrsquos violent depraved projects and its highest corridors of powermdashwhile threatened by those who will stop at nothing to keep him from discovering the shocking truth The only person he can trust is his old friend Alexis a talented photographer and fellow war zone junkie who is as sexy as she is fearless but even Alexis cant protect Sully from everyone who would rather he give up the storyFollowing the acclaimed first Sully Carter novelThe Ways of the Dead this gritty mystery digs deeper into Sullys past while revealing how long-held secrets can destroy even the most powerful families.
