WHEN THE TRUTH IS BURIED, JUSTICE BECOMES A DANGEROUS PURSUIT.A decorated police officer is dead. The evidence doesn't add up. And the deeper one detective digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes.When veteran Sergeant Trace Champion is assigned to investigate the murder of Michael Stephens, a respected SWAT officer with twenty years of service, he expects a difficult case. What he doesn't expect is to find himself confronting a web of missing evidence, vanished witnesses, suspicious connections, and secrets buried deep within the very institution he has sworn to serve.As Champion and his team follow the trail, a disturbing connection emerges between Stephens' murder and a decades-old mystery surrounding a town called Confliction. Old case files reveal troubling patterns, forgotten investigations begin to take on new meaning, and the possibility of a long-protected conspiracy threatens to change everything he believes about his department.But someone doesn't want the past uncovered.With mounting pressure from powerful officials, unreliable records, and people who seem determined to keep the truth hidden, Champion must rely on his instincts, his informants, and the few allies he can still trust. Every discovery brings him closer to the answers and deeper into a conflict that could cost him his career, his reputation, and everything he has left.As the investigation moves toward the courtroom, Champion faces a question more difficult than identifying a killer: What does justice mean when the system itself may be part of the problem?De confliction is a gripping crime thriller about murder, corruption, loyalty, and the dangerous price of uncovering the truth. With a determined detective, a complex investigation, and secrets that reach across generations, this compelling story explores the fine line between duty and conscience and what happens when doing the right thing means standing against the very people who are supposed to uphold the law.Some crimes leave evidence. Others leave a legacy of silence.When the truth finally comes to light, will justice prevail or will the secrets of the past remain buried? Read more
