Thomas Harding, the richest man in Tallahassee, has hired Clayton Steele to solve a murder - his own murder! Premature, you say...not really. Steele arrives with his black manservant, Seth. Outwardly, Steele is a flamboyant sleuth, only he's a fake, an actor hired by the true detective., Seth. In a time gone by when a black man would never be given the time of day, Seth found a way to follow his true calling, becoming The Unexpected Detective.

Michael Edwin Q. has authored many best-selling novels including, Fancy, Wistful, Winnie, Tame the Savage Heart, Pappy Moses' Peanut Plantation, But Have Not Love, Born A Colored Girl, Death In Savannah and Death In Tallahassee.