Richard Baran

When Will They Ever Learn? Richard Baran

Publisher Marketing: "When Will They Ever Learn?" "Where Have All the Go-Go's Gone? Book II" Bo Pepperwall, a self-proclaimed Peter Pan junkie and groupie of Malcolm Forbes, strikes the Mother Lode after a lifetime of failure that included seeing his brother-in-law murdered. Thanks to an article by an alcoholic, egotistical Chicago gossip columnist, his floundering business venture, La Tinkerbelle's a Go-Go, has customers lined up and Bo finds himself buried in money. Before he can spend a penny of his new wealth, the mother of his star attraction accidentally sets fire to the discotheque. As he wipes the soot from his eyes, Bo, along with family members, his unique collection of employees who put fun into dysfunctional, two black cats named Heckle and Jeckle and the newspaper columnist end up in front of a cantankerous judge. All are charged with violations of the Mann Act, contributing to the delinquency of minors, multiple business license and safety violations, ignoring Federal EPA laws, cruelty to animals and pornography. In a string of illogical courtroom events, Bo clears the other defendants, turns in the killer of his brother-in-law and finds love in the surprise ending to Book II of this whacky murder mystery that would make Agatha Christie cringe. So, When Will They Ever Learn?