HalfGone

by Sally J. Ling

“I keep having this reoccurring vision. My brother is walking along a boardwalk winding through a Florida hammock. Seeping through the foliage is an ethereal light that illuminates his silhouette. He’s walking toward it as though headed into eternity. The only problem is he’s faded, transparent, and I can only see a portion of him as though he’s part here, part in the next life. In essence, he’s half gone.”—Pauline Kincaid

Official police reports cite Paul Kincaid’s death as suicide, but his twin sister, Pauline, thinks otherwise. She’s hired the newly formed team of Brooks and Romero to investigate. When they discover missing reports, problematic crime scene practices, and dubious witnesses, they want authorities to take a second look.

Unfortunately, their search for truth has landed them directly in someone’s crosshairs. Despite the danger, Brooks and Romero are determined to reopen the twenty-year-old case others are convinced should remain closed.

Now, they must find out if Paul's death was truly a suicide or if he was murdered—before Pauline takes her final breath.

225 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 1, 2022

About the author

Sally J. Ling, Florida’s History Detective, is an author, speaker, and historian. She writes historical nonfiction, specializing in obscure, unusual, or little-known stories of Florida history and mysteries with a Florida connection.

As a special correspondent, Sally wrote for the Sun-Sentinel newspaper for four years and was a contributing journalist for several South Florida magazines.

Based upon her knowledge as well as excerpts from her books, Sally has appeared in three feature-length TV documentaries—“Gangsters,” the National Geographic Channel; “The Secret Weapon that Won World War II,” and “Prohibition and the South Florida Connection,” WLRN, Miami. She served as associate producer on the latter production. She has also appeared in and served as a production consultant for several short documentaries on South Florida history produced by WLRN, Miami.

Sally has been a repeat guest on South Florida PBS TV and radio stations, guest presenter at the Lifelong Learning Society at Florida Atlantic University, and guest speaker at numerous historical societies, libraries, organizations, and schools.