Julia Abreau

The Black Mercedes Julia Abreau

The Black Mercedes is not just another detective solving a whodunit, although it begins with and revolves around the mysterious crash of a Mercedes after midnighton California's winding Highway One. Detective "Tully" Tulvers on chases the speeding Mercedes, witnessing its crash through the barrier, bouncing over the cliff, end over end, to a fiery crash on the rocks below. His immediate call for help reveals that the accident has already been reported ... ten minutes ago. It's definitely no accident ... possibly a suicide, most likely murder. The deceased, a partner in a prestigious law firm in San Francisco, had been returning from his weekly commute to visit his wife, a psychiatrist with a thriving practice in Los Angeles. Lydia cares more about his assets than what to do with his remains. His partners care more about the lost Mercedes, and his former secretary knows more about the deceased than anyone else, including his dual identity and a semi-retarded son. Tully's investigation involves him with each of these characters, some more intimately than he'd like. In solving the murder, he's not only learned about the life of the deceased, but even more about himself. His life is changed forever.