Kyle Byrne had promise. Big, amiable, handsome, he was a star athlete until he flunked out of school. Now he spends his nights in Philly bars with his pals having fun and meeeting women whose numbers he always seems to lose. His days are devoted to attending funerals, paying last respects to his dead dad’s old friends. Kyle knows it’s an odd hobby, but somehow going to the funerals makes him feel closer to the father he sorely misses yet barely knew. When his father’s former law partner is murdered, the cops start sniffing around Kyle in a bad way. To avoid prison or an early grave, he has to prove his innocence. That means finding a missing file, a search that leads from his father’s past to the highest pinnacles of power—and forces Kyle to lay bare the deceptions and losses of his own life. Just when it seems he’s close, the unlikely detective remembers that old adage “be careful what you wish for.” His overwhelming desire for the truth will either complete him or kill him—and