Preston Butler III was very good with the delivery of the story If you like reading about the daily life of a police detective, and how it can be hard to balance personal life, family, racial identity and duty to the force then this might be for you. The book really more focused on the life of the main character and all of the people around him, rather than on a specific suspenseful mystery. Overall, the book was good but just a little slow at times. This was definitely not the suspense story I had imagined. I just personally didn't find the story of the life of Detective Finnegan to be very interesting at all. Honestly, by the time there are any major developments in the main case Finn is actually working on, I had almost stopped caring entirely. We eventually learn about other incidents in Finn's past, and more about Finn's relationships with different characters. This seems to be an attempt to add more depth to the character, and since the book is apparently “Book 1 of 2”, I can understand why the author wants to take the time to establish a background for Finn but I had really hoped for more action. There is quite a bit of focus on the main character's interpersonal relationships Finn and the woman he's sleeping with, Finn and his father, Finn's status within the police department, etc. After a bit of action in the prologue, the first few chapters are pretty standard police drama.
The book has 17 total chapters, and about 10 hour 20 mins. This book is a police drama centered on the main character, Detective Trevor “Finn” Finnegan. It is a simple story, yet complex if you think about all of the implications of its messaging. For me it brings to mind that hurt people hurt people. The Dad and Torri, the first girlfriend have their own stories all affected by interacting with Finn. Of course she was participating in therapy to help her through. Serata’s character was broken just as much, but she did seem to float through her emotions better than Trevor. I felt the author did a good job in making Trevor a multidimensional character, but focused on the driving force of his anger. The over arching theme of repressed anger of all people, particularly that of Black and Brown people, the moving target of finding the outlet for the anger, disappointment and frustration is tangible to those that can relate. I enjoyed getting to know detective Trevor Finnegan and the rest of the characters under the color of law.
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