The trouble is that their first good lead has Los Angeles’ two rival black gangs (the Bloods and the Crips) rekindling the flame that would have them fighting each another again. The murder of this woman in South Central quickly becomes big news and the killer is now being dubbed as the “Machete Murderer” as both Torres and Boyd are given the job to bring the killer to justice.

Boyd and his sexy Latin partner, Valeria Torres, are called to a home in South Central that is the scene of the gruesome murder a young woman.īoyd quickly identifies the weapon used to hack the poor woman to death and that fact opens up psychological wounds in the man as bits of his childhood begins to surface little by little. Then again, he is a Detective in Los Angeles and there’s no shortage of nightmares in the city of angels. Still, he’s the kind of man that pushes on despite the nightmares. There’s always a motive behind killing whether it’s politics, religion or money and – as we can see from 99 Days – a young black LAPD Detective will find himself working on a case that will bring him back to a world of violence that is all too familiar to him.ĭetective Antoine Davis Boyd is haunted by his dreams of a boy in Rwanda about to commit an atrocious act that no child should make and it is clear that Boyd cannot shake the image from his mind. In the long history of this world, there is no shortage of explosive bursts of violence that are always the same no matter what era, location or participants. This coming-of-age story is dramatic and wickedly funny, and the protagonist's voice will speak to any teen facing an uncertain future.Artist: Kristian Donaldson, Lee Bermejo (Cover) But things are never simple, and Molly finds herself dreading as well as clamoring for the 99 days of summer to be over. When Gabe wants to spark up a romance, Molly starts to feel like she may be able to right some wrongs and put her past behind her. And Gabe is there for her when nobody else seems to care if she exists. Patrick, Molly's first boyfriend, has a new girlfriend who doesn't seem to hate Molly despite her past transgressions. She is getting used to all the bullying, when the arrival of the two Donnelly boys turns her world upside-down. The teen plans to lie low and wait out the rest of the summer until she can escape and start over in college. Now that she's back, all of her fears are justified-the girls who used to be her friends want nothing to do with her, especially not the Donnelly siblings, who used to be her closest friends. A year ago, Molly fled to a faraway boarding school in the wake of a disastrous betrayal that left her the most hated girl in town. Gr 9 Up-Molly Barlow is back in her hometown near the Catskill Mountains.

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