After a divorce and an early retirement from newspaper reporting, Hank Fowlers life is back on trackhe has a girlfriend, steady freelance work, a teaching jobthat is, until he gets a call from his old pal Chris Beckwith. Beckwith, his college roommate and a former drug-addict turned motivational speaker, is found dead not too long after. Following up on Chriss sudden death, Hank begins to unravel a series of gruesome murders, all involving motivational speakers.Meanwhile, Rachel, newly divorced and trying to write a book, enrolls in Hanks writing class. With her help, Hank must track down the killer before the killer tracks him. In this suspenseful and tightly woven narrative, Jonathan Black creates a fast-paced murder mystery for the digital age. An homage to Chicago, Speaking of Murder is a noir whodunnit and a gripping read for lovers of the mystery genre.