Spilling Innocent Blood: Fake Friends, True Friends, or Cowards

A young man's betrayal by his closest friends. Cody Clayville is invited to a interracial party, located in the heart of Miami, Florida, at a well-known establishment called The Mansion. A fight over a girl starts then Cody rushes to help his friend, George. Suddenly multiple gunshots ring out. Cody, with four bullet holes in his back, is abandoned by his friends. They do nothing to help him as he lies on the floor bleeding profusely. With Cody's final breaths he realizes to his disgust and sadness, his friends were actually his enemies. The shooter escapes and homicide fails to bring him to justice. . . .

A young man's betrayal by his closest friends. Cody Clayville is invited to a interracial party, located in the heart of Miami, Florida, at a well-known establishment called The Mansion. A fight over a girl starts then Cody rushes to help his friend, George. Suddenly multiple gunshots ring out. Cody, with four bullet holes in his back, is abandoned by his friends. They do nothing to help him as he lies on the floor bleeding profusely. With Cody's final breaths he realizes to his disgust and sadness, his friends were actually his enemies. The shooter escapes and homicide fails to bring him to justice. . . .

James Haddad is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling novel, Eyes of a Child. He is a former journalist for the St. Croix Avis Newspaper and is a columnist for Today Magazine. He is a former candidate for the Florida State Senate. This is his ninth classical novel and one nonfiction book. He acquired bachelor's and master's degrees from Florida International University.