Who doesn’t remember the dulcet teenage years of Richie Cunningham and Arthur Fonzarelli? Watching Happy Days is as much a right of passage in an American childhood as learning to ride a bike or teaching parents how to use their phones. So when I saw a mystery novel that brings them back, I knew I had to read it.

Years have gone by since we knew these men. Richie Cunningham is now a screenwriter in Hollywood. His mother moved out to L.A. to be near him (and his wife Lori Beth and their kids) after his father died. His sister Joanie stayed in Milwaukee, though, in the house they grew up in, with her husband Chachi (because as we all remember, Joanie loves Chachi). And the Fonz? He’s not doing so well. In fact, he’s been in a bad motorcycle accident, and he didn’t make it.

The phone call about Fonzie’s death brings Richie back home, and just in time. Struggling with what his next project should be—the one he loves or the one that will pay his bills—Richie needs a chance to clear his head and make a career decision that could make or break him. But what he finds back home isn’t as simple as it was when he was a teenager, and he finds himself facing a darkness that could swallow him up if he’s not careful.

I was so excited to read this book! I grew up on television shows, and getting to revisit the Happy Days universe was so much fun. Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice may not be perfect (I did find the middle-age angst a little heavy at times), but the ending made up for it all. And getting to check back in with Richie and Marion, Potsie and Ralph and even Al, made this trip through nostalgia a fantastic vacation to my younger, more idealistic self and the friends I knew back then. I highly recommend this one to all fans of Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Mork and Mindy, and all those great ‘70s shows

And if you don’t like it? (You know I have to say this!) Sit on it!

Galleys for Who Killed the Fonz? were provided by Simon & Schuster through NetGalley, with many thanks.