A Game of Solitaire - Chapter Three: "Viking Blood"

Narrated by Nick Ippolito. In this third chapter, Des recounts his hot and cold relationship with his racist, enigmatic Danish Grandmother, Inga. At a visit to her apartment in San Diego to help her get medical insurance, Des meets an elderly Danish man Inga claims is her unlikely boyfriend. The visit, however, leads to a surprising gift and a mysterious note his mother left for him... "A Game of Solitaire" is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about murder, family secrets and the power of redemption. After the mysterious death of his troubled mother, Des Marino, embarks on a daunting quest for answers. Using skills he picks up working part-time as an Investigator at a funky skid row detective agency, Des zeroes in on his prime suspect: his mother's last husband, a dangerous con-man, "Chip." However, when his estranged Danish grandmother - a shadowy woman who's taken up with a group of strange, but cunning Danish ex-pats - suddenly reaches out to him, Des makes the fateful decision to reconnect with her. Des gradually uncovers disturbing evidence that his grandmother may have had a hand in his mother's untimely death - and worse yet, she may be leading him into a deadly trap... "A Game of Solitaire" is a unique, unforgettable modern take on the noir detective genre that blends classic mystery tropes with a searingly powerful family drama.#fictiondrama #detective stories #filmnoir