Essential Saltes Author:Don Webb There is a murder. There is a theft. Otherwise, Essential Saltes bears little in common with most crime novels. The murder victim is Haidee, Matthew Reynman's beloved wife. She was shot by a madman two years ago. Matthew keeps her ashes on the mantel; he intends to put the ashes into a fireworks rocket in her honor. The theft occurs at M... more »atthew's party. Why would anyone steal Haidee's ashes? Matthew is not a detective; he runs a used bookstore in Austin, Texas, and operates fireworks on holidays. But he won't rest until he solves this puzzler and recovers those ashes. His search will take him far beyond the realm of any cops-and-robbers adventure, into deeper mysteries. Essential Saltes is a fascinating novel lit up by Don Webb's pyrotechnic imagination.« less