Bully

When the murder investigation of eleven-year old Raul Valesquez is re-opened after the conviction of his alleged killer is overturned, Danny Hernandez contacts a long-lost neighborhood friend. Twenty-eight years ago, Danny and Jerry Valdez were teenagers when Raul Valesquez was killed. Raul was once the neighborhood bully. Danny is afraid of what the police might find in this new investigation. When one of the detectives on the case turns out to be an old high school friend of Danny’s, the case takes an unexpected twist into police and government corruption. A coming-of-age thriller, Bully touches on the themes of friendship, loyalty, and revenge. This reboot of what many readers have long thought to be one of J. F. Gonzalez's strongest novels is also the author's Preferred and Corrected version.