When It's Time for Leaving

A burned-out cop's retirement plan hits a snag when he inherits a Georgia detective agency and discovers a body in this Agatha Award–nominated mystery.
When his girlfriend dumps him and a dealer rams him off a bridge, Al DeSantis quits the New Haven Police Department. As he plans to head for LA, he learns his father who abandoned him as a kid has deeded him the Blue Palmetto Detective Agency in Georgia.
Now fearing bridges, Al drives to Savannah intending to sell fast and go west, but before he can, he discovers a strong and attractive female detective named Maxine, a dead body on the dock—and his father, alive, suffering from Alzheimer's, and determined to help his "new partner Al" solve the crime.
"With an authentic knowing voice and a confident hand, Pompano honors Robert B. Parker's legacy of wry, laconic PI's—smart and engaging detectives with history, honor and heart."—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today–bestselling author of The First to Lie

"When It's Time For Leaving...is a corker. Thoroughly likeable former cop, Al DeSantis, wants to get out of the crime business but inherits one that, fortunately for readers, won't let him go."—Hallie Ephron, New York Times bestselling author Careful What You Wish For
"Pompano has created the most unusual and appealing duo of detectives since Holmes and Watson."—Lucy Burdette, national bestselling author of A Deadly Feast
"The PI for the double 20s. Al DeSantis is a classic, damaged gumshoe but with a youthful energy that pulls you through the pages."—Barbara Ross, author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and winner 2019 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction