Ralph Loder

The Golden Fleece Ralph Loder

A self-made man who has married into a proud, old family hires Blake Whitman to find a missing gold coin. When a murder occurs at a charitable event and the main suspect is his client's daughter, the case takes a new direction. While navigating the shoals of class and privilege, Whitman meets a landscaper with a philosophy, a kept woman with a secret, and a tough with a fear of water. Once the layers of history have been peeled back, Whitman learns the power dreams can wield for creation or destruction. Everything depends on how one looks at the world. Ralph Loder wrote his first poem in third grade. He's been writing ever since. While raising a family, he worked for actuaries for more than twenty years. The Golden Fleece is his second Blake Whitman novel.