It is the late 1970s and criminal defense attorney Harrison J. Walker, better known as Jaywalker for his rebellious tactics, is struggling to build his own practice when he receives a call from a desperate mother. Her son, Darren Kingston, has been arrested for raping five white women in Castle Hill, an area of the Bronx long forgotten by the city.
A young, good-looking black man, Darren is positively identified by four of the victims as the fifth prepares to do the same. Everyone--from the prosecution to the community at large--sees this as an open-and-shut case with solid eyewitness testimony. Everyone, that is, except Jaywalker.
The young attorney looks deep into the crimes, studying both the characters involved and the character of our society. What he finds will haunt him for the rest of his career.
- ISBN10 0778326357
- ISBN13 9780778326359
- Publish Date 31 March 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 February 2021
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Mira Books
- Edition Original ed.
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 384
- Language English