Denial

Denial is a mystery novel written by Stuart M. Kaminsky, a Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America. It is a Lew Fonesca mystery and was released July 8, 2005. Plot This novel has two mysteries. Lew, a process server and an occasional amateur detective, is summoned by an elderly resident in Seaside Assisted Living asking him to prove that a murder has occurred in the facility because no one will believe her. A mother, named Nancy Root, pays him to find the hit-and-run driver who killed her son. Main characters Lewis Fonesca - amateur sleuth Ann Horowitz - psychologist and friend of Lew Nancy Root - mother of Kyle McClory Kyle McClory - victim of the hit-and-run driver, John Welles John Wellington Welles - hit-and -run driver who ran over Kyle Dorothy Cgnozic - old woman who says she saw someone murdered in the Seaside Assisted Living Vivian Pastor - the one who was murdered by her daughter-in-law, Alberta Pastor Alberta Pastor - murderer of Vivian Pastor Georgia Cubbins - mother of Alberta who will confess what her daughter did to Vivian Ames McKinney - older friend and guardian of Lewis who helped him in his expedition