Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It

Attorney and high-profile television legal analyst Bloom brings passion and poise to the audio edition of her new title, which deconstructs the racial tensions surrounding the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. As an accomplished courtroom correspondent, she is particularly adept in voicing the elements of her narrative directly tied to the trial. Her delivery of the first-person experiences of the jury’s lone minority member—a Hispanic woman identified only by her first name of Maddy—is a convincing and chilling presentation of how race affects the justice system. When she tackles the expository public policy sections of the text, the narration is not always quite as spellbinding, but Bloom manages to keep the proceedings moving effectively. A Counterpoint hardcover. (Mar.)