The Osprey's Nest by Shelton Wilkes

Five days before Christmas 2001, Scott Downing returns to Panama City Beach, Florida, to enjoy the holidays with his parents. The season’s happiness turns to horror when he discovers the murdered bodies of his parents on their kitchen floor. Why would anyone want to kill this loving and compassionate couple who worked for the U.S. State Department?

The lasting image of his parent’s blood-soaked bodies is entwined with the agonizing statement by the local police that the murders would probably go unsolved. Downing would have to lay his parents to rest—but he could not, he would not lay the case to rest.

Downing goes on to receive his law degree from Georgetown, turns down offers to join major law firms in New York and the nation’s capital, choosing instead to become a homicide investigator for the Bay County Sheriff’s Department.

During his relentless quest for justice, Downing faces a grave decision. If he exposes the conspiracy behind his parent’s killing, his country’s reputation within the global community could be severely damaged. Perhaps even worse, the truth could devastate America’s economic future.

The closure that Scott Downing so desperately wants can only come through the assistance of one person; the President of the United States of America, but is that too much to ask for?