Hired by one of four suspects to solve the murder of a wealthy Florida attorney, private investigator Sam Wallace finds the case complicated by local hostilities between big real estate developers and the victim's environmentalist associates.
Wayne Barcomb spent over 20 years in the publishing industry. At the age of 59, he abandoned the business end of publishing and into the writing end.
Barcomb grew up in North Adams, Massachusetts and attended the University of Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Army and was stationed in New York City spending two years assigned to counterintelligence. Barcomb was active in tennis and the theater, acting in more than 30 productions. He also wrote theater reviews for local papers and the Boston Herald.
Barcomb moved to the Gulf Coast in 1992 with his wife Susan.