Black and Blue (The 6th book in the Jon Frederick series)
The true story of the search for the killer of 19-year-old Sadie Sullivan.
A chance meeting between Minneapolis Police Officer Xavier – Zave – Williams and Sadie changed his life and ended hers. Zave joins Investigator Jon Frederick as a black and white team reopening a cold case with a lot of gray—contaminated evidence, questionable court decisions, and two opposing hardened suspects. In the backdrop of modern-day Minneapolis, investigators are left to sort through the chaos, shootings, and political outrage to deliver justice to Sadie’s family. Black and Blue is an intense thriller about love, tenderness, and resilience, in an era when it’s easy to be callous.
Sadie Sullivan was a salt of the earth, kind and loving young woman. She had a child at 15, she adopted out to a couple in her church. Sadie worked the midnight shift at a 24-hour Cub Foods in South Minneapolis so she could babysit for the couple and spend some time with her daughter. Unfortunately, on Friday, August 30, 2013, Sadie never made it to work.
Sadie’s fiancé was a white police officer, Bobby Long. A black heavyweight boxer, Flamin’ Ray Fury, was convicted of her rape and murder. The case brings to light Ray’s other crimes. In the years following Sadie’s death, it’s discovered Bobby isn’t such a stellar person himself. Bobby’s convicted of a brutal rape and incarcerated also.
Jon Frederick and Zave Williams work together in an intense investigation, confronting a gang and a militia, to bring Sadie’s family justice. 
Here is your chance to give your input on the front and back covers. I have to apologize to my readers here, as Burning Bridges cover model, Kloe Kapsner, will appear in this book as a new character, Lauren Herald, from Hillman. I needed a tall blonde young woman for this shot, and Kloe worked perfectly. “Lauren” works as a sketch artist and befriends Zave as the investigation progresses. Lauren may be a recurring character in future books. We will see how this goes. 
It’s time for me to be done with this book. I think it’s very good. It’s 109,000 words, 407 pages so it will be my longest book. My last read through, I changed only 5 words. The catch is now how long will it take the printer to get it printed? Like every other business, printers are short of staff, so I won’t have the book until early 2022.
Thanks for listening,
Frank
Thank you all for the great book tour, finally coming to an end for 2021. I’m still open to speaking but have no further engagements this year at the present time.
I ended with 3 great events talking to wonderful people in taprooms you’ll want to visit. It was a blast, as anticipated and I sold a ton of books. Thank you! 
Frank on Zoom with the Brainerd Lit Book Club 
A chance meeting between Minneapolis Police Officer Xavier – Zave – Williams and Sadie changed his life and ended hers. Zave joins Investigator Jon Frederick as a black and white team reopening a cold case with a lot of gray—contaminated evidence, questionable court decisions, and two opposing hardened suspects. In the backdrop of modern-day Minneapolis, investigators are left to sort through the chaos, shootings, and political outrage to deliver justice to Sadie’s family. Black and Blue is an intense thriller about love, tenderness, and resilience, in an era when it’s easy to be callous.
Sadie Sullivan was a salt of the earth, kind and loving young woman. She had a child at 15, she adopted out to a couple in her church. Sadie worked the midnight shift at a 24-hour Cub Foods in South Minneapolis so she could babysit for the couple and spend some time with her daughter. Unfortunately, on Friday, August 30, 2013, Sadie never made it to work. Sadie’s fiancé was a white police officer, Bobby Long. A black heavyweight boxer, Flamin’ Ray Fury, was convicted of her rape and murder. The case brings to light Ray’s other crimes. In the years following Sadie’s death, it’s discovered Bobby isn’t such a stellar person himself. Bobby’s convicted of a brutal rape and incarcerated also. Jon Frederick and Zave Williams work together in an intense investigation, confronting a gang and a militia, to bring Sadie’s family justice. Here is your chance to give your input on the front and back covers. I have to apologize to my readers here, as Burning Bridges cover model, Kloe Kapsner, will appear in this book as a new character, Lauren Herald, from Hillman. I needed a tall blonde young woman for this shot, and Kloe worked perfectly. “Lauren” works as a sketch artist and befriends Zave as the investigation progresses. Lauren may be a recurring character in future books. We will see how this goes. It’s time for me to be done with this book. I think it’s very good. It’s 109,000 words, 407 pages so it will be my longest book. My last read through, I changed only 5 words. The catch is now how long will it take the printer to get it printed? Like every other business, printers are short of staff, so I won’t have the book until early 2022. Thanks for listening,
Frank
Thank you all for the great book tour, finally coming to an end for 2021. I’m still open to speaking but have no further engagements this year at the present time.
I ended with 3 great events talking to wonderful people in taprooms you’ll want to visit. It was a blast, as anticipated and I sold a ton of books. Thank you! Frank on Zoom with the Brainerd Lit Book Club
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