Urban Fiction African American Crime

First Degree Sins What do you do when your back is against the wall? What happens when you see no way out? Many people believe they’ll do the right thing, however, what happens when things spiral out of control and the wrong things happen ... like murder? Welcome to First Degree Sins where Lisa loses her grip on living and snaps because life just has far too many jagged edges from her perspective, so before she bleeds out from every deep wound life gives her, she makes the fatal moves no one sees coming.

Growing up in Carson Homes, one of the most ruthless hoods on the eastside of San Antonio, Peanut has seen it all. Although, Peanut is determined to never follow in his old man’s ruthlessness, the streets keep calling his name. Before his old man was shot and killed in front of him, two of his closest friends made him a promise to look after Peanut, but the struggle is real. When Peanut and his best friend Jay pull off a lick for a few pounds, he finally decides to see what the game has to offer. With the right plug, they find themselves on the way to the top, but with more money, comes ...

When East, a low-level lookout for a Los Angeles drug organisation, loses his watch house in a police raid, his boss recruits him for a very different job: a road trip - straight down the middle of white, rural America - to assassinate a judge in Wisconsin. Having no choice, East and a crew of untested boys - including his trigger-happy younger brother, Ty - leave the only home they've ever known in a nondescript blue van, with a roll of cash, a map and a gun they shouldn't have. Along the way, the country surprises East.