Albert: The Cold Case Files Mystery (Albert)

Albert is a delightfully sensitive and sensual book about a man who-from a Catholic and Jewish childhood, grew up to have a keen sense and understanding of the people and world around him. All his life; beginning from his first days in Our Lady of Grace Elementary School to those in Horace High School, Albert sees himself as a fighter determined to challenge the odds in defining who he is and what he can become in life. His interception of a pass; the final play in the championship game, ends his football career and earns him a spot on the Horace High School's Athletic Walk of Fame. Albert's struggles begin to take on a new dimension after a series of mid-life crises. He revisits certain inconsistencies that he has seen in his lineage. He fights to the bitter end the collapse of his marriage to Sue-his high school sweetheart. Ironically all these become linked to an old desk and the discovery of a folder full of notes left by his predecessor-homicide detective Quintin. Two forces; his untiring devotion to duty and family, now collide. Albert realizes that in the end he cannot control nor can he change the past. Albert's career ends; as a homicide detective with the discovery of his real grandmother and the role she played in the deaths of six men; one in central Europe and five in Horace. As the book ends, Albert finds new challenges in the lingering thoughts and memories he has gained from a rich, rewarding and challenging life. No longer does Albert ask and question why he is the only one to hear the long mournful howl of the black dog. He knows why!