Forbidden Fruit by Daniel J Zahn Hardback Book 9781669843276

In 1918 young John J West was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for bravery in the trenches of France during the Great War to the French he was a hero Back home in Illinois after the war he was just another Negro quotboyquot His attraction to sexy Marie Holden the daughter of a prominent white judge resulted in a gruesome deathfor both of them This is the story of Ida Mae West and private eye Danl Coffey and their relationship that develops while they search to find out who was responsible for her sons murder FORBIDDEN FRUIT takes them on a roller coaster ride filled with obstacles racism religious differences crooked cops and the KKK quotForbidden Fruit is a literary juggling act Dan Zahn keeps all the elements of this tense drama in constant motion And he never once drops a ballquot Jerald H Thiel