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The Fourth Cross
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: CJ Sparrow Publication
Published: Jun 5 2026
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.99 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The fight lasted a few minutes. The lie that followed would last a lifetime.
Patricia Horn knows how easily a young Black life can be lost to a system where truth matters less than who wins and who pays. She lived it.
When a school fight leaves a white student gravely injured, her seventeen-year-old son Tyrene finds himself at the center of forces driven by vengeance and power. The injured boy's father, a veteran police officer determined to see Tyrene destroyed, aligns with another officer whose white supremacist beliefs run deep. Meanwhile, the chief prosecutor, nursing a personal vendetta against Tyrene's defense attorney, sees the case as an opportunity for retribution.
Patricia survived this system once. She will not let it take her son - and she will not fight alone as allies emerge from the most unexpected places.
Yet something else moves quietly. Something beautiful, something sacred -older than any law written by humsn hands-steps into the present.
Some reckoning need more than human justice. Some wrongs demand more.
The Fourth Cross is a powerful, epic-length legal thriller about racial injustice, a mother's fierce resolve, and a reckoning that will not be denied.
2026 Black Caucus ALA Literary Award Honor Winner
Netgalley Reviewer: With solid writing and a powerful storyline, Spike Adams ( a retired judge) has written a blisteringly powerful (and equally heart-rending)novel that is an indictment of racism that heralds back to the 'Jim Crow' days but is all too prevalent in our political climate.
5 stars from this reviewer. I will definitely look for more books from this skilled author.
Comparable Titles: Attica Locke's Black Water Rising, Tony Wison's A Victim of Chance
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