In the tradition of a light-hearted contemporary mystery novel, enter the son of a restaurateur and an artist, Mr. Omar T Black. He is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, with passions for women, food, adult beverages, art, and adventure. Part travel book, part mystery, part literary reference, these stories are fun and culturally descriptive. Chef Omar enlightens readers to local cuisine with detailed descriptions and recipes. Art and literature aficionado Omar is drawn to the mysteries of creativity and thought. Omar T, the man, falls in love, and/or lust, rather easily. All Omar T novels carry a guarantee of lifting your spirits as well as feeding your appetite for good food and great living! These Mystery "Lite" stories, concentrate on something intriguing, rather than violence. Readers are Omar's canvas as he takes us along on his Umbrian adventures. Chapters are organized around each Umbria hilltown that is featured in this book. This allows easy reference for you Umbrian travelers to use this novel also as a guidebook to this special part of Umbria!

Chef Deamer was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He lived in Switzerland and the Washington D.C. area before settling in Monterey County California in the early 1980's. He maintains a home in the birth city of John Steinbeck, Salinas California, the former location of his dinner only restaurant, Pajaro Street Grill. Deamer now spends much of his time in Tijuana Mexico and traveling the world with his recurring character, Omar T Black, creating a novel and Sketchbook for each location. "I have a list of some thirty more places where I hope to write Omar adventures- come join the journey!"http://artbz.bz"Everyday is a great day to read a book or color one!!!"Keep in touch with Deamer, as Omar travels the world,deamer@artbz.bz Please pass on your impressions; write a review on Amazon and/or other sites such as Goodreads - your thoughts can really make a difference! Most of your local bookstores can also get you Deamer novels at the same price as Amazon https://www.amazon.com/author/deamerdunn You can also support your local bookstore via: https://bookshop.org/shop/deamerdunnRomantic, Novelist, Obsessive Traveler, Sketchaholic