DESCRIPTION Clive January had it all. Power, money a beautiful wife and an even more beautiful mistress. But beneath the money and the glamour, was a man whose life had spiraled out of control. His marriage was in shambles and his business, the first Black investment firm on Wall Street was caught in a scandal that could topple it and some of the biggest names in New York City. And at the moment when he had made the decision to leave, to turn his back on everything that he'd built, he's shot in the back, killed by an unknown hand. Set against the deceit and lies of Wall Street in the eighties, the story begins as Clive lies dying, re-living pivotal moments of his life, desperately searching for the answers to the crime. At the point of Clive's death, NYPD, detective Bob Greene enters the picture. Bob is psychic and has always been able to see a crime through the eyes of the victim. He can crack the cases that no one else can. Because Clive does not know who killed him, his spirit is caught in the netherworld between life and death and he cannot move on until he knows who killed him and why. So Clive reveals his life to Bob through dreams and by taking over Bob's consciousness, in the hope that if Bob can see what came before he can uncover the truth of Clive's murder. As Clive's ghost reveals more and more of his life to Bob, the suspects line up. All of them had the motive and the opportunity to kill Clive but each time all clues lead inextricably to one of the suspects, another is revealed, until the chilling ending when Bob and Clive discover the real murderer. A DEAD MEAN SPEAKS has the plot twists, complex characters, and surprise ending of the best murder mysteries but with more, the message of the redemptive power of love and forgiveness. Because when Clive finally realizes who killed him, he is also shown that his soul cannot achieve peace without forgiving the murderer. A DEAD MAN SPEAKS is like no ordinary murder mystery, it's about two men finding that hate is what ultimately kills, and that only forgiveness gives life, in this world and the next.