Mourning

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Troubled by his recent past, Falk McCoy leaves the hustle-bustle of Miami for the solitude of the highway. He wants time alone; time to clear his head. But old pal Garcia, owner of the Glades Hotel, has a guest who wants a decade-old homicide re-examined. In return, the guest will pay Falk a tidy sum and purchase one of Garcia’s hotel apartments – seemingly a win for everyone.The detour takes Falk to Mourning, a small town in Central Florida. The place is policed by an unethical sheriff and his three deputies, all related, making crime fighting in Mourning a family business. It has been more than ten years since the cops investigated the village’s only homicide. But the secretive, uncooperative gentleman paying Falk thinks the sheriff sent the wrong man to prison. He wants Falk to prove him right.Macho women, no-nonsense men, and big-wheel trucks crowd the back roads of Central Florida in this tale. So hop in, take a ride into the lighter side of crime detecting.