Alex Charns

The Black Madonna Alex Charns

On August 3, 1994, members of the Durham CATT drug unit body slammed the pregnant Mahlia Queen to the concrete in front of her own home on Shirley Street. The pregnant 42-year-old Duke Hospital nurse was charged with the crime of obstructing an officer moments after the cops killed her five-month-old unborn child. This novel is about Mahlia Queen's pursuit of justice through the thick blue line of lies and a racist justice system. This novel was inspired by a true story of police brutality and corruption in the Bull City.