The Popsicle Tree (a Dick Hardesty Mystery) (volume 9) [Paperback]

Following the death of the parents of Jonathans four-year-old nephew Joshua, Dick and his partner find themselves in a new role: parents. As if fatherhood didnt bring enough of a set of challenges, the mother of one of Joshuas new friends is murdered, sending Dick on a trail to find out who killed her and why. With a list of suspects ranging from a lesbian ex-partner to the boys race-car-driver father, Dick is soon embroiled in a case so complicated that child-rearing begins to look easier than solving the case.