It is 1957 and a prominent author has been murdered in Rutledge, NY. Detective Harry Brock has been assigned to the case and Ace Williams, along with help from his longtime off and on assistant, Nitro, must prove his mysteriously acquired client innocent before Brock proves him guilty. The plot evolves in Miami, Chicago, and Rutledge as drug smuggling, beautiful women, and crooked politics enter the picture.About the Author: I am Joseph T Ringo. I am retired after 30 years with the US Postal Service. I am married(37 years) to a retired English teacher. We have two adult children and three grandchildren. I have been writing off and on since college in the late 60's, but only seriously since 1986. I have a Novel that was published in 1990 by Brandywine Books called The Broadcast Killer that is available for your Kindle Reader at Amazon.com. A couple of my poems have been published by the Poetry Guild, the last one published I was the featured poet. With Wordclay, I also have published a collection of poems available at Amazon.com called Poems For Fun And Inspiration. As for my goals, I love to write and so I do so for my entertainment and for the pleasure I get from entertaining others. Many of my poems are comedic and I am thrilled when others laugh at what I have written, especially when it was intended to be funny. I am a member of BMI Music Association.