The police department wanted Cayne to condone the police-involved shooting of an unarmed black man on the South Side, in a case similar to the real life shooting death of Black teenager Laquan McDonald by a police officer on the West Side in 2014. In the novel, Ashe Cayne, who is African American, is a former police detective who turned in his shield and retired to private investigating after refusing to go along with corruption. “Ashe is a man who is determined to seek justice at all costs and is fearless in his pursuit without taking himself too seriously.” “Ashe is a hero for our time, complicated in some aspects, simple in others,” Smith said. He noted Cayne has plenty of adventures in store in the future, taking readers through the streets, stadiums, mansions, and rundown housing in various Chicago neighborhoods. “It was clear to me from the very beginning that Ashe Cayne was going to be a series because the character I wanted to develop and the cases he would take on would deserve a life longer than one book,” Smith said. Smith hopes to add to society’s discourse on alleged police brutality in his new book series, for which he hopes to write up to 20 novels. Smith writes both fiction and health related books.
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