It was up to me, I knew, to get justice for Derwin Brown. -- J.Tom Morgan A Rainy Night in Georgia is the story of two lawmen and public servants: DeKalb County, Georgia Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown, who was brutally murdered in his own driveway just days before he took office, and author J.Tom Morgan, District Attorney of DeKalb County, who was responsible for prosecuting the case. Brown had defeated the previous sheriff in a bitter runoff, promising to clean up the previous sheriff's administration, calling it "a cesspool." DA Morgan worked closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement in the investigation of the crime, but after nearly a year of intense work and thousands of man-hours, the killing remained an unsolved--and high profile--mystery. Finally, an unexpected break in the case led investigators to uncover a conspiracy unique in the history of American crime: the mastermind behind Derwin Brown's murder was the former sheriff, Sidney Dorsey. The ambush was a political assassination.

As lead prosecutor, author J.Tom Morgan reveals in-depth information about the case, which became a national media sensation, combining political intrigue with revelations of government corruption, murder-for-hire plots, and a never-before-tried legal strategy in the Georgia criminal justice system. A tireless and devoted prosecutor, Morgan was all business until a stunning revelation made the case personal: his own name was next on Dorsey's hit list. The first book devoted to the assassination of Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown and the ensuing search for justice, A Rainy Night in Georgia explores the threat of corruption in law enforcement and immerses readers in a gripping true-crime saga, narrated by the man who lived it through every fascinating twist and turn, from beginning to end.