Downbeat

About the Book

The relationship between Shydra, the wife of private investigator Hock Hocken, and police officer Alais Sánchez comes to an abrupt end when Shydra discovers Alais’s bullet-ridden body inside the entrance of her and Hock’s home. Two days later Shydra disappears. Though the police begin to focus on her as a suspect for the murder, Hock is convinced of her innocence. He sets out on a lengthy and frustrating search for her. Downbeat recounts the details of both his search and his involvement with a woman from his past who supports him during his efforts. Will he find Shydra? And what will it mean if he does?

About the Author

Douglas Browning, retired university professor of philosophy, lives outside Georgetown, Texas, where he labors at length over poems and novels, stays up throughout the night reading, writing, listening to jazz, and smoking cigars, and enjoys life in his countryside hacienda with his talented and beautiful wife.