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. Omar's investment minded father, creates a partnership for a new San Francisco restaurant with a Beat Generation theme. Omar's whole family gets involved in this adventure, where ghosts of the past swirl around Omar, along with legends from the fifties and sixties San Francisco. Jack Kerouac leads a cast of many Beat writers who rise to color the pages of this modern mystery.