Frankie Maio was never expected to amount to much. The oldest son of an alcoholic, it was no surprise when he turned to alcohol as well. Forty-seven years of heavy drinking and drug abuse should have been the end of him ... but Frankie's mother believed in miracles, and that's what Frankie got.
Would you mind if I borrow from the back cover of Dream is another word for Hope? It says there: this novel is a delicate love story well spiced with ingenious spying and it is a work of fiction. However, like in many fiction books which contain such imaginative creativity, you’ll notice that real facts found their way and settled quite nicely and comfortably in between the book’s pages.
'Unsoundness of Mind' follows two intertwining narratives telling the story of a narcissit, a detective and a murderer. Jennifer witnesses something she shouldn't and disappears, assumed dead. Years later, Detective Peter O'Connell, not convinced she is dead, resumes looking for her, believeing she is the key to putting murderer Marcus Verdad in gaol, only to find her in a mental institution.
After leaving seminary in Scotland against his father’s wishes, a young boy lands on the shores of America in 1859. In 1861, he gives up his British protection and with six of his friends, joins the Confederate Army. The boy marches for months through mud and rain, travels standing shoulder-to-shoulder in crowded trains.
Deena Hopping, a Pennsylvanian divorcee, finally has a home again, a rental, but it’s new and she is rebuilding her life. Yet there is something about the basement that troubles her besides the fact that her landlord lives in the basement. When women begin to disappear she suspects her landlord.
Joe has to deal with a personal request and handles it in a most peculiar way. Bob Morse needs Fred and Joe to investigate a client charged with manslaughter. CHIPs hires a new and colourful character who has a few personal problems of his own. An interesting letter arrives from Europe. Janille needs a new car. The new neighbours pose a few violent problems. Just another week in Paradise.
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