Brother’s Keeper

He woke up behind the wheel. The judge was dead in the passenger seat. The gun in his hand belonged to his father, a Chicago detective buried twelve years ago.

Public defender Ronelle Russell has spent his career keeping innocent men out of prison. Now he is the one in handcuffs, charged with the murder of Judge Eleanor Whitlock. And the arrest warrant was signed before anyone knew she was dead.

Someone built this case long before tonight. The prosecutor’s office that wants Ronelle convicted employs his own brother.

Ron, the soldier. Rashaad, the nurse. Ryan, the hacker. Rayvon, the prosecutor.

To save the youngest, the Russell brothers will have to break every rule in Chicago and face the one secret their mother has kept for twenty-eight years. Someone has been watching their family for a very long time. Someone who calls on Sunday nights. Someone no one has ever seen.

They call her the Gardener.

Brother’s Keeper is Book One of the Brother’s Keeper saga: a Black family crime thriller about five brothers who fight, joke, keep score, and never leave one of their own behind. For readers who love legal thrillers, Chicago crime, and family loyalty with real stakes.

Five brothers. One frame-up.