'A wise and witty drama of small-town life . . . delivering the generous humour keen ear for
dialogue and deep appreciation for humanity's foibles that have endeared the author to his
readers for decades' Publishers Weekly Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald
'Sully' Sullivan the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is taken
over by its much wealthier neighbour Schuyler Springs. Peter Sully's son is still grappling
with his father's tremendous legacy as well as his relationship to his own son Thomas
wondering if he has been all that different a father than Sully was to him. Meanwhile the
towns' newly consolidated police department falls into the hands of Charice Bond following the
resignation of Doug Raymer the former North Bath police chief and Charice's ex-boyfriend.
When a decomposing body turns up in the abandoned hotel situated between the two towns Charice
and Raymer are drawn together again and forced to address their complicated attraction to one
another. Across town Ruth Sully's married ex-lover struggles to understand her granddaughter
Tina and her growing obsession with Peter's other son Will. Amidst the turmoil the town's
residents speculate on the identity of the unidentified body and wonder who among their number
could have disappeared unnoticed. Brimming with warmth wisdom and Russo's signature wry
humour Somebody's Fool is another classic from a modern master of storytelling.
