Hallways in the Night: A Novel

A routine stakeout is almost over when Dave Mackno decides to pursue a speeding Porsche. It's a decision that will have deadly consequences because the Porsche is driven by Remo Centrella, baseball's home run king.

There's no way Remo is going to let himself get arrested. Not when the woman in his car has a fresh black eye. And not when he's at the tail-end of a steroid cycle that makes him feel invincible.

For Ray Manning, owner of the Atlanta Barons, the timing of the shooting couldn't be worse. His oil company is on the verge of a financial death spiral, he's running out of cash, and his investment bankers at Cohen, Wolfe are lining up to take full advantage of his situation. He's in desperate need of the kind of justice that only money can buy.

Hallways in the Night offers a fast-paced plot that keeps the pages turning. It's a legal thriller that features a mix of engaging characters, backroom political dealing, and well-written action.

The book starts off strong and never lets up: from the initial confrontation through a courtroom showdown in which the stakes are much too high for anybody to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

"A good book with all the elements necessary to make it an enjoyable and satisfying read."
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About

Hallways in the Night is a legal thriller, but it is also much more. It is a novel with plot twists that surprise and will keep you guessing as you read the story. As each character joins the story, the novel widens out and becomes more complex.

Each character in Hallways in the Night helps add complexity to the novel because each character is pursuing their own agenda, usually at the expense of others. There's enough money, power, and consequences at stake that each character is impacted by it and it influences not only the choices they make, but also forces them to decide how much of the truth they are willing to tell and how much of the truth must be sacrificed in order to either maintain the life they have or to achieve a life they desire. As a result, two of the most powerful emotions fear and ambition have as much to do, if not more, with the outcome than the actual truth of what happened.

In addition to being a legal thriller, Hallways in the Night is also a story about race and power. It's a story about how those with power wield it, often with little regards for those who will be negatively impacted by it and how they, themselves, are impacted by it.

Race relations also play a role in Hallways in the Night, but in a way that shows how race relations in America have evolved over time and how that evolution affects the lives of those living when it takes place.