The Thursday Channel: Guest Author Peter Golden

Synopsis of A Girl from Ohio , the new novel by Peter Golden : It's 1975. The war in Vietnam is ending, President Nixon has resigned, and idealistic college student, Emmet Maze, is falling in love with fellow Ohio University student, Kaya. Their story plays out against an iconic backdrop of Ohio in the mid-70s until Kaya breaks up with Emmet without explanation. Emmet soon finds out Kaya has married her ex- high-school boyfriend and is left heartbroken. Thirty years later, Emmet is a widower and professor at Ohio University, and he has written a number of books about his finding missing people. One day, a young woman shows up at his office who looks remarkably like Kaya - Kaya's daughter. She is desperate, looking for help to find her missing father. Her daughter says that Kaya won't report it to the police, won't hire an investigator. She knows Kaya and Emmet once shared a bond, and she leaves Emmet information on her parents' businesses and contact information for her mother, Kaya. With the help of a retired investigator, Lily, Emmet digs into Kaya's financials. The Newlins are worth over $100 million, but some strange financing catches the investigator's attention as does an article about the murder of the Newlins' financial adviser. Despite Lily's warnings to stay away, Emmet meets Kaya and her younger daughter, Emily, who bears a striking resemblance to Emmet's late mother. Emmet realizes that Emily is his daughter, the product of a one-night encounter, post breakup. Tol