In the beach town of Oceanic Park, the holiday season turns deadly.

On a bitterly cold morning, the body of a reporter with a troubled past is found on the deserted beach underneath an amusement pier.  In spite of his misgivings, small-town attorney Ned Johnston agrees to investigate the reporter's death.  With little more to go on than a cryptic series of letters and numbers on a page torn from a notepad, Johnston begins to uncover a shadowy and far-reaching criminal conspiracy.

Meanwhile, Johnston is confronted by a series of strangers demanding to know the whereabouts of the elusive and mysterious investigator, Sophia Ambrosetti.  Johnston soon finds himself being drawn into one of Ambrosetti's dubious undertakings - an attempt to obtain a cache of stolen information from a cagey and desperate source.  It quickly becomes apparent that other parties also are on the trail of the stolen information.

Amidst the holiday festivities in Oceanic Park, the death toll increases as shadowy forces act with ruthless efficiency to eliminate anyone who poses a threat to them.  As the pace of events accelerates, Johnston struggles to expose the hidden forces at work in Oceanic Park before he becomes their next victim.
 

As the temperature rises, so do the stakes.

In the summer of 2005, the beach town of Oceanic Park is roiled by anti-immigrant tensions.  A group calling itself the Oceanic Park Vigilantes is conducting an anti-immigrant flyering campaign, and an abrasive talk-show host named Walter Braddock is using his show as a platform for spreading inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric.

When a migrant worker is brutally murdered, a member of the Oceanic Park Vigilantes is charged with the crime and small-town attorney Ned Johnston is drawn into the case.  As Johnston investigtates, he begins to realize that the murder is part of a much larger and more sinister political conspiracy with origins in events that occurred years before.  With tensions rising in the community and time running out, can Johnston uncover the identity of the killer and expose an insidious plot, or will he find himself ensnared in a deadly conspiracy that threatens to consume the town he loves?

Sun, sand, and surf meet intrigue and mystery in a thrilling mystery novel.

Ned Johnston, a middle-aged attorney, has escaped the grind of a high-pressure job by returning to his hometown of Oceanic Park and establishing a small law practice.  He spends his spare time hanging out at Java Joe’s Coffee Cafe, surfing the 21st Street beach break, and listening to music at an old jazz club called the Crow’s Nest.

The carefree days of summer in Oceanic Park are shattered, however, when a client and friend of Johnston’s dies under suspicious circumstances.  Unsatisfied with the police investigation and suspecting a coverup, Johnston starts his own investigation into the death with the assistance of Sophia Ambrosetti, an investigator and forensic researcher.  Their investigation has the effect of stirring up a hornet’s next and uncovers a web of corruption, deception, and murder.

The Tommy Keene Handbook is a comprehensive reference guide to the music of underground pop-rock legend Tommy Keene, including:

• Musical History: an overview of Tommy Keene’s musical career from his days as a member of the Rage, Razz, and the Pieces through his work as a solo artist in 2006;

• Bibliography: an extensive listing of articles, interviews, reviews, websites, and other resources regarding the music of Tommy Keene;

• Annotated Discography: a comprehensive discography for 1979 - 2006 that covers all of Tommy Keene’s work as a solo artist as well as his work as a sideman, producer, and member of Razz and the Keene Brothers; and

• Annotated Gig List: an extensive list of gigs by Tommy Keene from the debut of the Tommy Keene Group in August 1981 through tour dates in 2006