Robert McMackin

Hope Robert McMackin

Reeling from the loss of his wife Maura to a drunk driver, TC Phillips retreats to his mother's home on Block Island with his newborn son, who was saved by an emergency C-section. Whiskey and beer become his companions to dampen down the inner turmoil. When he attempts to return to his job as psychologist at Cranston State Prison, he is told to take more time off as Leon Alexander, the drunk driver, is now being held at the prison awaiting trial. He returns to Block Island, where he finds out that Alexander was murdered a few days after his visit to the prison and that he is now the prime suspect in orchestrating the execution. In attempting to clear his name, he seeks assistance from friends in the FBI only to be led back into conflicts he thought were long since resolved. Hope is a psychological suspense story of loss, grief, internal and external struggles, choices, and duty.