The Glint of Light is an action-packed coming-of-age story and a family saga. A suspenseful novel, it is set in Chicago, California, England, and France. Mark Smith, is a sensitive thirty-seven-year-old environmental scientist of mixed race. He tries to come to terms with his mother’s painful death as he goes through the stages of grief. Mark is also reassessing his relationship with his gay twin sister, Maria, a lawyer. After several failed relationships with women in college, Mark, while at his mother’s funeral in Chicago, reconnects with his high school girlfriend, Christy, an artist who paints only self-portraits. He now believes he has finally found true and lasting love, but trouble is brewing. On a deeper level The Glint of Light is a novel about the cumulative unease and random violence that has gripped American life in recent years.