Blurred Vision - Paperback

When Atlantic City Detective Alex Waldman answers an early-morning call to a murder scene, he finds a Black teenage boy with a knife protruding from his ribs. The scene ignites memories Alex has spent twelve years trying to bury. With the possibility of a hate crime, he finds himself caught between duty and unresolved guilt.

Alex arrests the only suspect: J. J., a frightened runaway trying to flee the scene. But the kid is not who he claims to be. When Alex presses harder, his longtime partner, Lieutenant Isaac Lucas, fears the detective's old trauma is clouding his judgment-and that the boy in custody is paying the price.

When Isaac sees through J. J.'s juvenile-delinquent persona, the lieutenant's growing fondness for the boy fractures the case along dangerous fault lines. The conflict spirals into a psychological battle over deception, manipulation, and moral responsibility-everything held together by an uncooperative boy whose secrets threaten to destroy all their lives. At the same time, unseen dark forces from J. J.'s past move closer, intent on reclaiming what they believe is theirs.

Grounded in procedural realism, Blurred Vision is a tense psychological thriller about justice perverted, faith abused, and the devastating cost of trauma to the survivors.