About the Book:

Michael Whitlow Jr. grew up with an unsolved mystery.  His parents, Mike and Kathleen Whitlow, were doing well in Manhattan until Mike’s unexpected death. Devastated, Kathleen took her young son and left Queens to make a new life in Arkansas with Mike’s family. The manner of Mike Sr.’s death hung over everyone’s head—heart attack, or murder?

Life goes on for Mike Jr. and his mom. A family penchant for humor helps.

But the mystery just won’t lay dead. On his first job, at his father’s old advertising agency, Michael finds a colleague murdered in the very office that once belonged to his father. As Michael searches the files for clues with the help of a trusted co-worker, the CEO’s villainous son drags the underworld into their lives.

But all is not grim. From Mike’s aunt and uncle, to the characters who come to advertise with the agency, to Joe Boyd and his bumbling gangsters, solving crime never had so much comic relief. Stir in a stalking rapist and a lieutenant who’s heard it all. Enjoy.

About the Author:
 

LaVerne Funderburk grew up in a printing family. As a teenager, she worked in the shop with her uncle. This background helped propel her to life as a professional writer and poet. Her other works include Black-Eyed Peas on the Savannah River, Ivy, and Diversity of Poetry: Something for Everyone. Her poetry is published in The Best Of Poems & Poets of 2002 anthology.