In the midst of the volatile times surrounding the Civil Rights Movement, two police detectives solved one of our nation's worst hate crimes and paid for it with their careers.
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By Finley Hewes
Oct 27, 2010
As told by the detective who solved the case, this Civil Rights murder case exposes the good ol' boy network of dirty Florida politics and the horrific lengths to which some will go to grasp at the fleeting straws of power- from covering up a senseless, racially motivated murder of a mother of 10 to destroying the careers of the honorable lawmen who solved the case. A "must read" for true crime aficiondos as well as true American historians. If you found the Emmett Till murder story sad yet compelling, this book will not only captivate you but evoke a sense shame and terror. To think that not only such a hate- crime was perpetrated in America, but to think that the murderers still have not been brought to justice to this very day is unconscionable. A truly amazing story- and the characters are taken straight from the pages of American history during one of our darkest hours. This book makes Mississippi Burning look like a Girl Scout marshmallow roast.
