Blood On Their Hands by veteran author and journalist Bob Brink is a well-told tale of racism, heroism, and small-town law and order. The story is centered on a criminal defense lawyer who by his admission, is prejudiced against African Americans. The attorney and his friend witness two cops beat a black driver after stopping the driver for a minor traffic offense. Despite the lawyer's bias, his friend cajoles him into defending the black driver. The plot develops nicely and the reader is treated to a modern-day lesson about the evils of ignorance, bias, and hate. Blood On Their Hands is reminiscent of some of our better courtroom/legal dramas. A thoroughly enjoyable and exciting read awaits those fortunate to buy this outstanding novel.

An enjoyable legal thriller with a racist lawyer initially reluctant to defend a coloured man wrongly accused of resisting arrest, an incident witnessed by the lawyer and his best friend. The corrupt police are revealed in the first court case when a hung jury astonishingly results in a mistrial and a second trial becomes necessary. The action speeds up with two murders as the lawyers sometime girlfriend dies after a car crash and a car mechanic dies in an explosion whilst driving the lawyers car! Red necked characters and members of the Klu Klux clan appear as the lawyers racist views change all building to a complex but satisfying conclusion.

There is so much to this book and the author brings it together in a way which makes it accessible and not “hard work.” Some very confronting issues are woven into a compelling thriller. I hesitate to use the term gritty but it is a book about resilience, about challenging our own ideals and beliefs and being able to change.