Part of the Solution: a Mystery

Description

“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” -Eldridge Cleaver

It’s 1978, and Jennifer Morgan, a sassy New Yorker, has escaped to the counterculture village of Flanders, Massachusetts. Her peaceful life is disrupted when one of her customers at the Café Galadriel is found dead. Everyone is a suspect-including the gentle artisan woodworker, the Yeats-wannabe poet, the town’s anti-war hero, the peace-loving Episcopalian minister, and the local organic farmer who can hold a grudge.

Concern for her community prompts Jennifer to investigate the murder with the sometimes-reluctant help of Ford McDermott, a young police officer. Little does she know that the solution lies in the hidden past.

Part of the Solution blends snappy dialogue, unconventional settings, and a classic oldies soundtrack, capturing the essence of a traditional whodunnit in a counterculture era.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Elana Michelson
Published: 07/15/2025
Publisher: Torchflame Books
ISBN: 9781611536041
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 0.67″ H x 8.50″ L x 5.50″ W

About the Author
Michelson, Elana: – Elana Michelson is a New York City native who has encamped with her wife Penny to the Hudson Valley, where she writes, reads, gardens, and volunteers with local social justice organizations. After thirty-five years as a professor, she has put down a beloved career of academic writing (and student papers) in favor of writing murder mysteries. She earned a PhD in English from Columbia University, but gained her knowledge of the life and times of Part of the Solution from, well, having been there.