How does someone make the leap from the music industry into the highly competitive world of writing? "The decision to write full time was actually very easy," Arvin says. "Part of it was discovering that I might have a little talent for writing, so that put it in the realm of possibility. I had been a professional musician my whole life, but I felt after twenty years, it was time to do something else. Suddenly I realized that hey, this is it. If you're going to put your name on a book, the time is now."

      Blood of Angels exposes the fragility of the legal system as Thomas Dennehy, senior prosecutor for Davidson County in Tennessee, watches his life unravel when an inmate confesses to a murder that Dennehy previously prosecuted. Unfortunately, the accused has already been executed. At the same time, Dennehy is handed another case - that of Moses Bol, a Sudanese refugee. The two cases plunge Dennehy into a firestorm of controversy and emotion that will scorch him both professionally and personally.

      Arvin weaves his plot and his characters together with remarkable empathy, making Blood of Angels a legal thriller with soul.