A Novel

View from the Benthouse

by Menalcus Lankford

About the Book

A young woman of 24 returns to her small hometown at the sudden death of her beloved father, her last living parent. Following the funeral, she becomes aware of a long lost uncle — almost equally an important influence in her childhood. Tracking him down, she finds he has become a ruthless and dishonest mortgage broker, twice divorced now and doing his part in worsening the mortgage crisis that led to the worldwide recession of 2008.

She begins a secret campaign, using her childhood knowledge of him, to reach the man he once was — at the same time moving into a colorful inner city rowhouse and beginning to investigate and help in the local housing crisis. In doing so, she strives to become what her father wished for her — a woman of action.