“An absolutely riveting book that belongs in the pantheon of L.A. “Harrowing evidence for Spike Lee’s famous claim that everything that happens in America is about race.” - Kirkus Reviews Gar Anthony Haywood, Shamus and Anthony Award–winning author of In Things Unseen You’ll read on for the mystery at its core, but you’ll remember Under Color of Law long after the read for the things it will teach you about the challenges of being a good cop of color in the age of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. It’s a police procedural with a conscience, as invested in examining how and why American law enforcement so often fails to uphold its mandate to protect and serve all people equally as it is in telling a compelling story. The price? The end of Finn’s career…or his life.Īaron Philip Clark’s Under Color of Law is extraordinary. But it’s Finn’s past experience as a beat cop that may hold the key to solving the recruit’s murder. When the body of a murdered black academy recruit is found in the Angeles National Forest, Finn is tasked to investigate.Īs pressure mounts to solve the crime and avoid a PR nightmare, Finn scours the underbelly of a volatile city where power, violence, and race intersect. The city is teeming with protests for racial justice. A fast-track promotion to detective in the coveted Robbery-Homicide Division puts him closer to achieving his goal.įour years later, calls for police accountability rule the headlines. The murder of a police recruit pins a black LAPD detective in a deadly web where race, corruption, violence, and cover-ups intersect in this relevant, razor-sharp novel of suspense.īlack rookie cop Trevor “Finn” Finnegan aspires to become a top-ranking officer in the Los Angeles Police Department and fix a broken department.
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