A Mystery
By Anne Emery
Beau Delaney is sort of a showboat, a promising lawyer whose exploits have become the subject of much discussion and even a Hollywood film of one of his cases. He's the father of ten children, some of them foster children, some of them adopted children, and some of them his own blood.
Then he is charged with the murder of his wife, Peggy. Monty Collins, a blues man and lawyer, tries to prove is client is not guilty but knows his client, Beau, is keeping secrets. All Beau will say is that he wasn't at home when the death happened but his neighbors say they saw Beau outside the home before eleven o'clock which tips the scales against Beau. The last words uttered by Peggy is "Hells Angels".
Besides his lawyer trying to save Beau from jail so is his pal, Father Brennan, a fried of Monty and Maura's, his ex-wife. Watching this all through the eyes of a child is Monty's and Maura's little girl, Normie. When Normie starts having nightmares and visions like her great grandmother about Beau, the plot thickens and becomes more and more mysterious. We hear the story from two points of view, experience and innocence, Monty and Normie; therefore, asking ourselves which of them will be first to uncover the truth about Beau Delaney.
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