On March 22, I had the pleasure of having dinner with Mike Whicker, author of three published novels and one more very close to publication. His stand-alone novel is Proper Suda, about a young woman who comes to live with her aunt in Evansville, Indiana, early in the 20th Century, which combines a mystery with great storytelling about living there during that period. The other two novels, Blood of the Reich and Invitation to Valhalla, and the forthcoming one, Return to Valhalla, are a...