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Book SynopsisGripping, meticulously researched, and smartly plotted, I devoured this brilliant novel over the course of a weekend. Paula Hawkins, author of Into the Water
Fascinating, moving, and so very, very real. It grabbed me by the heart and mind from page one and never let me go. Marcia Clark, author of The Final Judgment
An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling our criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called one of our most gifted novelists.
On December 6, 1993, a drug dealer called Scrappy is shot and left for dead on the lawn outside her mother's house in South Central Los Angeles. Augie, a heroin addict, witnesses the whole thingbefore he steals all the drugs on her person, as well as the gun that was dropped at the scene. When Augie gets busted, he names local gang members Wizard and Dreamer the shooters.
But only one of them is guilty.
A search of Wizard and Dreamer's premises unc
