THE FLYCATCHER

The story revolves around wealthy New England family members living near the seashore. There are strange break-in attempts, noises, a murder, a suspected murder, and a frantic fleeing to Brazil. The story has a short historical sequence setting the lifestyle of the family going back before the American Revolution. Also has an interesting turn in the somewhat dubious rehabilitation of a prisoner who had been given a life sentence, but an unexpected turn of events and a new Judge, places him back into the world on parole. He is somewhat re-deemed.There is a bit of romance and a success of sorts.

F. Eugene Barber was born on a sharecrop farm in the Midwest at the start of the Great Depression and attended a rural school with ten other students ranging from the first to the eighth grades. He worked on farms and ranches until joining the Air Force just after graduating from high school.During the Korean War, he was a B-36 engine mechanic and Crew Chief. He later earned an AS, a BA, and an MBA, using the GI Bill. He has worked in the Aerospace industry most of his adult life and now consults on FAA and DOD projects. Mr. Barber's most recent project was two years at the Birk Flight Test Center on Edwards AFB. He also holds a Broker/Salesman Real Estate License. He and his wife reside in Nevada.Mr. Barber has worked and traveled around the world-North and South America, UK, Europe, Polynesia, Russia, Siberia, Finland, South Africa, the Orient, Australia, Turkey, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.