The Future of Hope - D Ray Withrow - Bog

Mundy's got a different take when it comes to soul searching.He drinks too much, for sure. Not much of a surprise that he might have a little too much one night while passing through a small town in the southern piedmont. No, the surprise would be that someone would shoot him in the head the next day as he's nursing a hangover and riding a bicycle. Sounds like a bad start to his day, doesn't it? We'll see, said the wise man...See, he's on a quest. He's convinced that vestiges of his stillborn son's soul survived in another child- but how do you find that child, you ask? You get your family to help, that's how. Let's see... there's Gail, the girlfriend who (maybe) cuckolds him. There's his Dad and Aby, his Zen kitty. Maybe that assistant DA named Hope can be persuaded with the right words- or some Knob Creek from the sexy little bartender. How about a prison inmate? Nah, can't use him when he's dead, no more than you can ask the dead girls in pieces on the ground... but if they could talk, they just might lead him to his shooter and their killer.It's a mess, isn't it?Yeah, it is, and it's exactly what he needs for a perfect summer in a perfect little Southern town. Kudzu and red clay; a hot, humid heaven of a dream...