In the novel that I published in 2007, Glass half-Full, an interrogation is taking place in chapter 21. Two metroDC cops, Derrick and Nguyen, are interrogating a crime suspect. Here's a snippet of that interrogation. Detective Derrick Trent is speaking :
"Let me tell you something. We’ve been to Mo’s place. We know about the Fascist bullshit that he’s feeding on and propagating. We know about the porno, the methamphetamines, the snuff films.”
Then Barney spoke seriously, looking right at the intimidator. “You’ve got the wrong man. I’ve stayed away from the IEDs. I’ve got nothing to do with them.”
Derrick Trent sat down, poured himself half a glass of water. He looked at the prisoner, but didn’t say anything.
Nguyen spoke calmly to the prisoner. “If you’ve got no direct connection to the bombings, you can prove it now by revealing the identities of the bombers.”
“I didn’t say I know who it is.”
“Okay. Put it this way. What do you know about the bombings?”
“You make this out to be like some kind of crime syndicate or something,” said the prisoner, defensively. “It’s not. We’re trying to bring this country back to its roots.”
Nguyen and Trent were stunned by the improbability of this statement. Trent started to speak. Nguyen quickly set his hand on Trent’s arm, motioning for silence. The two of them looked with askance at the strange man who sat at the table in front of them. But Barney Bluntell looked lost, as if he were a deer in headlights. His deep-set eyes, encircled with flaps of dark skin, betrayed a flash of eccentricity, or even schizophrenia. He was tottering on a decision to speak or clam up.
Nguyen decided to risk tipping the balance with a serious question. “Barney, what roots are you trying to bring this country back to?”
“This country has a history of decent people, white people, who can make it run right without interference from the communists and Jews who’ve taken it over.”
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