A Blind Eye Crying — Christopher Britton

Steeped in traditions that date back to the Confederacy, the town of Marlborough has turned a blind eye toward many injustices. When Michael Taggart returns to defend Frank Marello for murder, he's met with a tangle of racial tension, homophobia, and domestic abuse. Armed with the logic of science, propelled by the illogic of love, Taggart must confront the accumulated intolerance of more than two centuries in the hope of rescuing Marello from Marlborough and Marlborough from itself.