'Joe was their friend; the man they spoke to through the wire fence of the Lunatic Asylum, and 10-year-old best friends, Nathan Walker and Adam Murphy, knew he wasn't insane. Then, one day, Joe was gone.
'Now hitting their thirties--jobs and divorces in their wake--ex-cop, current P.I. Nate and psychiatrist Adam decide to share office space and a receptionist. That's when the letter arrives advising them that they have received 'Expectations'. A quaint, old-fashioned bequest delivered by a solicitor which amounts to an inheritance for two boys - left by Joseph O'Connell, a missing-believed-deceased former patient at the River Park Lunatic Asylum.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'Adam couldn't wait... his Uncle Allan was coming to watch his cricket game this afternoon; Adam's father was always too busy to get there. Uncle Allan believed Adam and his best friend, Nate, would one day be chosen for the State side if they kept practicing... Adam's bowling was really improving. Adam didn't have an Uncle Allan.' (Publication summary)