Hard Lesson - eBook

Jack makes his living fixing broken things.

Jack Harlow is a mechanic with grease under his nails and a son who never made it home. When the cops shrug and the city keeps moving, Jack does the only thing that still makes sense—he starts pulling on the bolts holding the machine together. What he finds isn’t random street violence. It’s a network of men who hide behind pulpits and podiums, turning “policy” into profit and people into numbers.

Jack’s grief hardens into purpose as a name rises to the top—Councilman Victor Kincaid—and a pastor with clean hands and dirty books stands in the doorway. Jack can’t bring his boy back. But he can make the city say his son’s name out loud and pay for it. Gritty, fast, and unflinching, Hard Lesson is the opening punch in a revenge noir about a father who refuses to be managed.