A brilliant new addition to the classic detective story.
Chuck Restic is wasting away in a soul-crushing job in Corporate America. As an HR exec he spends his days avoiding lawsuits. But when Chuck ventures out of his Los Angeles skyscraper to investigate the disappearance of a colleague, he starts to feel alive again.
Chuck’s not your typical Private Investigator (he prefers a passive-aggressive approach over the old-fashioned fisticuffs kind) but he is amusingly effective at solving crimes. And at last he is able to apply that HR experience — the same one that gives him so much consternation — to a finer purpose.
This first book in the humorous mystery series takes Chuck from the shady underworld of Armenian mobsters to the billion-dollar land developments that serve as the lifeblood of Los Angeles. Murder lurks at every turn and this amateur sleuth needs to find the killer before his name is added to the list.
The Chuck Restic Series is a fun romp that mashes traditional mystery with a scathing send-up of Corporate America. It’s a new kind of noir that delivers a fresh take on the classic Los Angeles detective novel and will have you wanting more from Chuck Restic, Private Investigator.
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