Outside reading- numero dos

So today i read quiet a bit in my book. Got pretty far. Page 70-ish...i think. Anywhozzlfrynser, I still enjoy this book very much. I'm starting to kinda get lost in it, but that's ok. I'm sure i can recover. The main character -whose name may possibly be Thomas, I think i'll just call him Thomas for now- finds out his father is dead. Which is sad. He apparently died in a fire at his work. (BTW story take place in NY, did i mention that yet?) Thomas is obviously really shook up about the tradgedy. On top of it all he feels like his mom and him are drifting apart. What a bad day/week/month/year/life. Thomas then finds a key hidden in a vase in his fathers study, what he was doing in the study IDK. Along with the key there is an envelop, on this envelope is the word black, written in red pen. Peculiar? Why would the word black be wrtten with a color that is so very un-black. Unless it's a name?!?!? GASP. Thomas goes to investigate...and thats where i stopped.