The White Envelope

Every week a ten-year-old boy picks up a mysterious envelope from his aunt … then one day he discovers her dead on the floor of her dreary home, a knife plunged into her chest. The murder wasn't solved for nearly 50 years. And how that came about is the story that will enthrall you with its telling – as a young boy becomes an old man and discovers the truth of his childhood. Richard Vetere is a well-known author, screenwriter, playwright, actor, director, and educator. His first novel (The Third Miracle) was named one of the best debut novels of 1997 by Library Journal and he was hired by Francis Ford Coppola to co-write the screenplay adaptation. Vetere was nominated for Pushcart Prizes in fiction in 2013 and again in 2014. He has written numerous successful screenplays for movies and television.