This is an intriguing story about a man in mid-life who is forced to return to his roots to rediscover himself.
Phil Falco, an executive in his late fifties, living in Orlando suddenly finds himself on the unemployment line. Recently divorced, he struggles with alimony, dwindling assets and no prospects. A valuable property at the Jersey Shore should have been his ace in the hole. But then money earmarked for the mob, mysteriously disappears thanks to his best friend Carmine, a freelance courier for a notorious mob boss. Carmine’s serious miscalculation draws Phil into a life and death struggle with the underworld that could cost him his big score. His estranged daughter Lisa, a wannabe actress living in LA, has more bad news. Forced to start over, he returns to Newark, the city he once called home. While he searches in vain for the missing money, Phil stumbles onto his own redemption instead.
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.