Lone Assumption

For brilliant Detective Clyde Barryman, locking away the bad guys came before God and his wife and two children. Until a fatal church explosion erases his family thus altering his priorities. Now a widower and an alcoholic, Barryman must struggle with his inner demons having to choose between his career as a police officer and his new pursuit - Jack Daniels.

After a rich socialite is discovered murdered in the trunk of her burned out car, five members of the Crime Dogs street gang are accused and ordered to be picked up. One member of the Crime Dogs, a clever yet misguided youth named Erik West, decides this is the right time for him to leave Carver City and the gang life far behind.

Barryman has unanswered questions and believes the evidence points elsewhere. Why aren't the arrested gang members requesting legal representation? Why are dead and tortured bodies of the Crime Dogs friends now turning up on the streets? Where was the victims husband at the time of her murder? Against the advice of his peers and his superiors at city hall telling him to track down only the gang members, Barryman will not be rushed to justice.