Y. S. Leonard lives in New Jersey with her family. She loves to travel and visit new places. She is a Rutgers University graduate. She is an educator and an avid reader. She loves a good mystery. She believes that spending quality time with family and friends is very important. In the Shadow of a Protest is Y. S. Leonard’s first book.
After Destiny is murdered during a Black Lives Matter protest, Agent Roberts and Detective Petersen race to find out who murdered her and why, before a town already on the edge explodes. They soon discover that Applewater is not what it seems. Some towns carry deadly secrets.