Broadcast executive Frederick Mellon skewers them all—local politicians, drug dealers, unsavory businessmen—in his weekly radio editorial, “That, My Friends, Is That”, which titles the first mystery. But someone takes exception and shoots him, though not fatally. Davy and his friend Eugene—two gangly, funny twelve-year-olds—seek to find out who and why. But Mellon and others do everything possible to keep these pre-teens from revealing truths that could destroy the reputation of the adult and the lives of the boys.

In “Whippoorwill”, Davy goes to Mississippi’s Camp Scanlan to recover from the trauma of the Mellon shooting and the tragedies that happened in its wake. He discovers trouble coming from many sources, including other campers, and finds his way to survival, and young love, that special summer.

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