In the 1st Degree

A celebrated gallery owner lies dead. A prominent artist faces murder charges. The victim is black, the accused white. The street says a white man won?t go down for murder. All of San Francisco is watching.

What took place that fateful day at the hip SOMA gallery? Ruby Garcia, the sexy art student who seduced both the victim and the accused, swears she doesn?t know. Yvonne Barnes, the sophisticated wife of the deceased, vows she?ll never tell the whole truth.Sterling Granger supports justice and a fair trial, but the bottom line is simple: Without a conviction, his career as a prosecutor is over and this time he?s stumbled into a nightmare of pitfalls. A botched investigation. Racial tension. An endless storm of paparazzi who can make or break the prosecution at every turn.

The charge is homocide. Proving it will be murder.About the AuthorDominic Stone is a journalist and author. He frequently works with multimedia producers in Northern California.