R.i.p. 37e: the Third Humboldt Prior Mystery (Humboldt Prior Mysteries)

Humboldt Prior, computer manufacturing executive, returns to his Midwestern hometown and finds himself dangerously enmeshed in a decades-old turmoil of murder, arson, and political malfeasance involving members of one of the City's most prominent families. Protests erupt over the construction of an urban Interstate Freeway and Prior's company is wrongfully implicated in the construction plans. Prior forms an alliance with Julie Harrington, the State Highway Commissioner. His investigation reveals evidence of further crimes and Prior's mysterious distant history returns to confront him. After many episodes of peril and suspense, Prior and Harrington solve the mystery, but Prior must face a future drawn from his past with promise of more mystery and great opportunity.