The cheesmaker's son

The Cheesemaker's Son is a tale of misplaced loyalties, where love is food, and food is love -- and criminal activity is one boy's favorite form of entertainment. Detective John Frazer and his son, Elliot, uncover the mysterious deaths in the family of their neighbor, artisan cheese maker Joe Galletti. Elliott, an eight-year-old boy with a briefcase and a hiding place, takes a curious interest in all of his neighbors and their pets. The colorful and sometimes corpulent characters live and play and dodge the law in northern California and the Pacific Northwest.