{"product_id":"streets-of-blame-paperback","title":"Streets of Blame - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarin Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Seattle's fog-drenched Pioneer Square, truth is a shifting shape - and DNA, the very science built to expose it, becomes a weapon in the wrong hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStreets of Blame\u003c\/em\u003e follows \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e, a man shattered by tragedy and hiding in the city's underbelly after losing everything in a deadly avalanche. When a string of ritualistic murders grips Seattle, Adam's DNA is found at multiple crime scenes - irrefutable proof, the police claim, that he's a monster. But Adam has an identical twin: \u003cstrong\u003eDonnie Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e, a respected criminology professor at the University of Washington who has built a career teaching others how to catch men like his brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real killer, however, is someone far more calculating - \u003cstrong\u003eNed Strahan\u003c\/strong\u003e, a methodical sociopath obsessed with purity and control. Using stolen DNA samples from the city's homeless population, Ned manipulates forensic evidence to misdirect investigators and settle his own twisted moral scores. By the time his crimes intersect with Adam's desperate existence and Donnie's academic world, three lives - and the fragile boundaries between guilt and innocence - have become hopelessly entwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Public Defender \u003cstrong\u003eAngie Braun\u003c\/strong\u003e researches the case, she finds herself caught between evidence and intuition, drawn into a moral maze where nothing is as it appears. The deeper she digs into the Lutz brothers' connection, the more she questions the system she's sworn to uphold. Pioneer Square - with its damp brick alleys, shifting fog, and silent witnesses - becomes more than a backdrop. It is a living character: beautiful, dangerous, and unflinchingly real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart psychological thriller, part social commentary, \u003cem\u003eStreets of Blame\u003c\/em\u003e examines the modern faith in science, the unseen lives at society's edges, and the ease with which technology can be turned against the truth it promises to protect. Through alternating perspectives, Darin Hartley crafts a chilling portrait of obsession, loss, and redemption - where every character carries a secret, and every piece of evidence tells a different story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its haunting atmosphere and morally complex characters, \u003cem\u003eStreets of Blame\u003c\/em\u003e blurs the lines between detective fiction and literary noir. It's a story about guilt - the kind that burrows deep - and about the desperate human need to be seen, believed, and forgiven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of Michael Connelly, Gillian Flynn, and Tana French will find familiar echoes of tension and empathy here, but Hartley's voice is distinctly his own: cinematic, grounded, and drawn from years of firsthand experience working in Pioneer Square, where beauty and decay coexist on the same street corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once intimate and expansive, \u003cem\u003eStreets of Blame\u003c\/em\u003e asks: \u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when proof becomes the enemy of truth?\u003cbr\u003eAnd how do you find absolution in a world that only believes in evidence?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53501785538925,"sku":"9798231495337","price":35.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/zfyX3KovO79798231495337.webp?v=1782910620","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/streets-of-blame-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}