They Can't Take Your Name

Langston Brown faces a grim fate on death row after being wrongfully convicted of a brutal massacre, with his only hope resting on his daughter Liza, an aspiring lawyer pursuing justice. As she gets closer to clearing her father's name, Liza enlists the help of Eli Stone, a jazz-club owner haunted by his past, in a desperate effort to save her father. Set within Denver's Black community and inspired by poetic echoes of Langston Hughes, this compelling crime novel explores themes of justice, dreams, and the shadows of the past.