After Visiting With Friends / Michael Hainey / 299 pages /  Nonfiction

Michael Hainey is on a quest.  His father died when Michael was a young child.  As a grown up, he is troubled by the circumstance concerning his father's death.  Things do not add up.  Michael, a reporter, begins his own investigation of what happened the night his father died.  Along the way he learns to see both his father and his  mother in a new light.

After Visiting With Friends was recommended to me because the story takes place in Chicago.  What struck me most about this book was Michael's determination to solve the mystery of his father's death, even when those he questions are less than forthcoming.  Michael also shows how the world of reporters and police officers dramatically changed in the 1960's.