Silhouette of Virtue: A Novel

by Jay Richards

It is 1973. A small college town in Southern Illinois is terrorized by a spree of sadistic assaults. The rapist tells the victims, all Asian women, that he is making them pay for Americas betrayal in Vietnam. When the only other Black faculty member is accused of the crimes, African American philosophy professor Nathan Ribs Rivers struggles to suspend his doubts about his colleagues innocence.

344 pages, Paperback

First published May 27, 2014

Reviews

[Randy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's 1973 in a small college town in Southern Illinois.Author Jay Richards gives us a tale set against a backdrop of the end of the war in Vietnam, Watergate, and student protests. The town is rocked by a rapist targeting Asian women as payment for America's betrayal in Vietnam.

Nathan "Ribs" Rivers is an African-American philosphy professor who steps in to go bail for the only other black faculty member is arrested for the crime. Though he has his own doubts, Rivers takes out another mortgage on his home to raise get a lawyer, wanting to insure a fair trial for the man. Evidence is slim, but everyone seems sure of his guilt.

Rivers soon finds himself assailed from all sides. His live-in love is hurt that he acted without talking to her. He comes under suspicion of plagiarism and using his position to solicit sex from female students. Someone wants him to resign.

But Rivers is stubborn, even in the face of his man's escape from jail and the police rudely shoving into his home in the middle of the night to search for the escaped prisoner.

Rivers becomes an ad hoc detective as he starts thinking it through and piecing the truth out of it all.

A most excellent novel.

Author Henry Jay Richards, PhD, is a forensic psychologist who specializes in evaluating and treating violent offenders. he puts that knowledge to good use in his story.

[Cora Lorenzo]

It took me longer to read this book than any book I've ever read, And I did not like it! I have nothing good to say about this book.

[Viewpoints Radio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Domestic abuse is something many women and men will experience in their lives. Author Jay Richards wrote a story of what 1/3 women and 1/4 men face in their lifetime. A powerful read. We spoke with Richards about the effects of Domestic Violence and what steps someone can take to prevent it on our weekly show Viewpoints Radio. If you would like to hear our show, please follow this link https://viewpointsradio.wordpress.com...

[Holly Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was very impressed with this book, I found it on a whim and didn't think I would be too impressed as it isn't my normal reading. Pleasantly surprised. I couldn't put it down. I received this book through the First Readers on Goodreads.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

won this book in the first reads giveaway awhile back. very hard time reading. took 40 pages to really find out what the book was about. just way too deep for me.