Canaryville Bridge - an Urban Mystery

Based on a True Story: Aging boomer self-described neer do well Paul Terrazino wants to fulfill his wifes life-long wish of finding-for reasons both medical and spiritual-her natural mother who birthed and surrendered her for adoption to a Catholic orphanage in Chicago before vanishing into the streetscape. Six decades later the novice often bumbling sleuth learns about DNA science how to research immigration birth marriage and death records drink Irish whiskey-and how not to. His quest punctuated by frustration humor tragedy and joy ends in jaw-dropping surprise when one mystery is solved only to unveil another.