Calvin “Cal” John Hooper

Calvin “Cal” John Hooper is the central character in this novel. He has moved to a small village in Western Ireland after a painful divorce and his decision to retire from the Chicago police department. Cal tells Trey he retired because so many people had gotten so angry. An even larger reason that weighed on his decision to quit came when his partner shot at a Black teenager because he believed the teen was reaching for his pocket to get a gun. The teenager was not hit, but Cal was called upon to vouch for his partner. Cal had not seen the situation the same as his partner did, but he agreed that he thought the Black boy was reaching for a gun because he knew it was what everyone else expected him to do. Cal retired because he felt he had lost touch with...