An eleven-year-old boy learns a deadly mob secret after a lawyer’s suicide, trapped between ruthless killers and a legal system willing to break rules.
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An eleven-year-old boy learns a deadly mob secret after a lawyer’s suicide, trapped between ruthless killers and a legal system willing to break rules.
In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, w...
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content depicted
On-page suicide by gunshot; mob threats, peril, and non-graphic crime violence
Occasional strong language from criminals, lawyers, and stressed adults
Kids share cigarettes; recovering alcoholic lawyer; social drinking
No LGBTQ+ representation present
Passing Southern Christian cultural references
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonic content present
Recurring themes of legal-system corruption and justice power dynamics
On-page lawyer suicide witnessed by child protagonists; central plot event
Abusive father in backstory; child endangerment, trauma, and family crisis
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