Cooper learns of the suicide of a former lover, Vivian Horstmann. Shocked, he goes to the funeral and learns that she had a son, who is now a runaway. Doing the math, Cooper realizes that the boy might be his son. He tracks him down and the boy convinces him that his mother was murdered. The cops don’t believe it, so it’s up to Cooper to find the killer.
Sam Reaves has written ten novels, most set in Chicago, and co-authored the true crime memoir Mob Cop. Under the name Dominic Martell he writes a European-based suspense series featuring Pascual Rose, and ex-terrorist trying to go straight. Reaves has traveled widely in Europe and the Middle East but has lived in the Chicago area most of his life. He has worked as a teacher and a translator.