A fast paced mystery that morphs but never loses momentum. Clem, Connie and Jake are three people lost in time for different reasons, but sharing the agony of their present existence. In the fabric of society, the homeless are the tattered fringes that sometimes annoyingly dangle within our view, only to disappear when our minds focus on the rest of the garment. On one hand, they are unsightly and need to be trimmed. On the other, there is a certain comfort knowing there is a history behind them that gives them value. Clemson Edwards was a professor of Eastern Studies at a small college,...