"I don't care who you hire, or what the company has to pay him … so long as he's the best there is." This anguished cry from the wife of murder victim Dean Milo would draw private investigator Bill Dear into one of the most frustrating and ultimately triumphant cases of his career. Dean Milo was a phenomenally successful businessman who had built a tiny family business into a $50 million-a-year corporation. Along the way he had established a lengthy list of enemies that began with his immediate family and stretched throughout the social and business community. His fast-track ride to the top came to a violent halt on August 11, 1980, when Milo was found dead in his luxurious Ohio home, shot twice in the head. A blank telegram form lay nearby. Four months after his death, the investigation remained a confusing collection of non sequiturs. Clues pointed toward Milo's involvement with the Mafia, the drug world, and the gay community. His own family refused to cooperate with the author¬ities. And time was ticking by … In desperation, Maggie Milo turned to Texas private eye Bill Dear. This is the gripping story of the remarkable collaboration between Dear and the police detectives of Akron, Ohio, that led to eleven convictions, an Ohio record. It is also a tale of the human weakness, desperation, and overwhelming greed that led to a sudden death.

FloweTry is a book for anyone who has ever been frustrated with life and/or love or longed for a better relationship with the Lord. If you fall into any or all of these categories, this book is for you. Life. Life is filled with and impacted by family, friends, community, and politics. Each poem will take you on a reflective journey through different points in your life. The term family is used loosely as friends and community members are often family too. Hopefully these poems will warm your heart when you come across the ones that apply to you. Some of the politically themed poems are rooted in Black history, so the actual past is not a mystery. Love. Love is beautiful, painful, and messy all at the same time. I highly recommend love despite it having its highs and lows. The poems here are both pro- and antilove, so get ready for the entertaining ride. Liturgical. There is often a still, quiet voice within your soul whispering to you. Did you know that voice belongs to the Lord? It is the Holy Spirt. God is still speaking to us in this day and age; we just need to open our spiritual eye and ear to see and hear Him. It is all right to allow the Lord to do something new in you. Sometimes we wake or walk with a new melody or lyrics in our spirit and do not know where they come from. Well, I now believe I do. It is the Holy Spirit doing something new. We just need to yield to it and go with the flow. It might not always be great or perfect, but it can be fun to just go with the flow and give praise to God with whatever comes out of your mouth, your new song. May you relax, relate, and release as you enjoy this section of poetic, heartfelt FloweTry.

This is Nick's new volume of poetry/short stories covering light/dark topics. From horror fiction to Cold War views and love poetry to war in the sky Nick has brought together a varied collection. A dark book with a positive message.

A comic drama about summer love. When a retired professor and his beautiful young second wife arrive at their remote family estate to settle down, they disrupt the quiet farm life with their city ways. Against a late-summer country landscape, the inhabitants of the house quickly discover new passions and revisit old loves. In this new translation, Chekhov’s comedy conjures the lifelong contemplation of what is and what might have been.

We often face many challenges in life and dealing with them requires us to be physically and emotionally strong. We may not always get the answers immediately and sometimes it is the various experiences in life that help us find the solutions. The four categories represented in this book sum up few of the areas in life that make it worth living. “Motivation” has food for thought. You will be able to connect with poetry in this category more incessantly, especially if you struggle to be motivated and find it difficult to move ahead. “Social Awareness” throws light upon social issues that often have a big impact on us and the poems in this category act as an eye-opener to the realities of life. Love adds a different flavor to our life and brings in a lot of positivity. Many poems under “Love and Emotion” tell a story of the phases a couple would experience till death do them apart. A few poems in this chapter are on emotions other than love. The poems compiled under the category “Spirituality” help you realize that conversations with self and God helps us find direction when we are lost and clueless.

Poetry can never be easily defined, it’s just the flow of thoughts and words all formed together to form a beautiful and colourful pattern. The poems in this book will surely take you to a fantastic world lingering in your hearts with soft whistles. How do I express, what you wish not to hear. Should I try to impress, because I know you are no longer interested. Do you believe that the eyes speak, and see that my heart seeks Let go of bitterness, because to lead a beautiful life you only require tenderness Let go of all the lies, because the success it assures will never let you fly high Let go of all the confusion, it will never help you to achieve your ambition Let go of the wickedness and build relations of genuineness Let go of all the greed, because a selfish heart finds no peace Let go of ME, for there is always strength in the WE