Blood and bone / William Lashner.

Detective and mystery stories. Kyle Byrne had promise. This big, amiable, handsome guy was a star athlete in high school and in college-well, until his grades hit the skids. Now he hangs out in Philly bars with his pals and would have more success with babes if he didn't always lose the napkins on which their phone numbers are written. Just a regular dude, except for one thing. He attends the funerals of his dead dad's old friends, where he strangely feels closest to the father he sorely misses but barely knew. Sure it's a bit morbid, but hell, everybody needs a hobby. Then his father's former law partner is murdered. At first it looks like a simple robbery gone wrong until a couple of cops approach Kyle with questions that make it clear he's a suspect. To avoid being slammed into prison or into an early grave, Kyle has to find a missing file, and his search takes him into his father's past and on a trail that leads to the highest pinnacles of power. Even as he desperately seeks answers, he's laying bare the deceptions and losses of his own life. Be careful what you yearn for, Kyle Byrne, because that which we desire most will either complete us or kill us, and we don't get to choose.