The Loss of Love and Truth...Shame Ain’t Evidence

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Summary

In the gritty streets of early ’90s New York City, secrets don’t stay buried—and neither do regrets. Trevor Morrow, a sharp-witted, Black, gay former NYPD detective, thought he’d put the past behind him. That was before he woke up next to the dead body of his ex-lover. Once celebrated as one of the youngest detectives in the city, Trevor’s career was dismantled by homophobia, betrayal, and a scandal that forced him off the force and into the shadows. Now working as a private investigator, he solves the cases the police ignore—while trying to outrun his own demons and the bottle that keeps calling his name. But when Trevor becomes the prime suspect in a murder that threatens to expose not only his past but a dangerous web of corruption within the NYPD, he’s forced to confront the very institution that tried to destroy him—and the man who might’ve taken his last chance at peace. The Loss of Love and Truth is a bold, heart-pounding mystery that shatters stereotypes and plunges deep into the intersections of race, identity, loyalty, and survival. Fans of Walter Mosley, Tana French, and James Baldwin will find themselves breathless by the final page.

Status
Complete
Chapters
15
Rating
5.0 2 reviews
Age Rating
18+

What's inside...

New York City | 1991


The sirens didn’t faze him anymore. They screamed like broken angels down 2nd Avenue, chasing ghosts he stopped believing in years ago. Trevor Morrow leaned against the cold brick of the bodega, cigarette clinging to his lower lip, half-burned and bitter. Rain glazed the pavement, turning the city’s filth into a mirror—and he hated what it showed him.

Blood. Vodka. Regret.

It had been three years since he walked away from the NYPD, but the stink of it still followed him. He could smell it in the alleyways, hear it in the silence between footsteps. It clung to him like a second skin—and right now, it was screaming again.

His pager buzzed. Just one word.

“Mitchell.”

Trevor’s chest hollowed out. That name—sharp, sacred, and soaked in history—should’ve been buried. Should’ve stayed buried.

Mitchell was dead.

And the NYPD was calling him a suspect.