The Suspect

By Stuart Connelly,

Book cover of The Suspect: The Official Screenplay

Book description

A small-town bank robbery leads to a brutal showdown between a sheriff and a mysterious stranger in this high-stakes game of shifting identities and hidden motives, starring Mekhi Phifer (ER), William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption) and Sterling K. Brown (Army Wives).When the obvious suspect is apprehended not far from the…


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1 author picked The Suspect as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is perhaps a cheat, as it’s the script of a film. However, it’s published just like a book, you can read it just like a book, and it was written by my Last of the Lions co-author.

The less said about this thriller the better for the reader, but suffice it to say if Ferguson, or George Floyd, or Breonna Taylor… or Philando Castile…Freddie Gray… Eric Garner… Amadou Diallo… and so many more… mean anything to you, this twisty parable about racial profiling and policing will take your breath away, keep you on edge until the end, and leave…

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