A Crime of Innocence: They told him it was a game

It’s a closely-knit community. An elderly woman has been mugged and is unconscious, but no one claims to have seen the mugging except for two teens. The accused is an innocent young boy hanging out with friends, but his accusers have done their “homework,” putting him firmly in the picture.

Highlighting the challenges of single parenting and of growing up in an area rife with crime. This book pulls you into the very heart of a family’s struggle for survival, ending, however, with single mum, Dorothy, eventually finding love and settling down, but not before the eldest of her three sons had been falsely accused of manslaughter and sent to jail.