One of the other series I’m currently working on is named after the main character, Malcom St. Clair. Like Jazz Singer, Malcom is also a private detective, but more contemporary and living in Columbus, Ohio (because Columbus is interesting and not represented enough). Instead of interacting with aliens and ray guns, Malcom has to deal with the mundane boredom of being a divorced middle-aged man with a crippling mortgage and a city continually under construction.
Oh, did I also mention his brother has been missing for thirty years?
This snippet is from a family reunion scene that takes place somewhere around book three or four:
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