No Witness but the Moon

Police detective Jimmy Vega returns again in Chazin's (A Blossom of Bright Light) latest novel, which centers on an officer-involved shooting and the effect that such an act has on both the individuals involved and the community in which the shooting takes place. One moonlit night, Vega is called to the scene of a home invasion in an upscale neighborhood. He chases the suspect into the woods, only to shoot and kill him after a standoff during which he thinks the man is reaching for a weapon. The situation seems ripped straight from the headlines and the fallout is immediate: Vega becomes a target for scorn and protest, and both his career and his relationship with community activist Adele Figueroa are jeopardized. But as new revelations emerge about the man's connection to Vega's past, it seems that there is more to the shooting than meets the eye.