Donald Tremaine has a problem. The ex-surfer and private investigator has plans for a vacation in Australia, surfing his favorite waves, but a beautiful woman has shown up on his doorstep in Malibu, California — a beautiful woman with a murdered uncle.

Nina Aldeen wants Tremaine to solve the mystery of the death of her uncle, the advertising mogul Roger Gale, found dead in his L.A. office a year earlier. The police investigation found nothing, and Nina wants answers.

The case will be everything but easy for Tremaine, despite his desire to help the beautiful woman. The famous ad man lived an eccentric life, and everyone has his or her own guesses about how much he was hiding. Tremaine must sort through the perspectives of employees, competitors and family members to find the elusive answer to his most important question: Who was Roger Gale? If Tremaine can only understand the victim, he can finally find the killer.

An entertaining read with a unique voice, Body Copy is the first novel of Boulder advertising writer Michael Craven. Language and adult situations make the book more appropriate for adult readers. Body Copy is available at most major retailers or to buy here click on title.