Sweet Life of Mystery: the Misadventures of a Panicky Private Eye
Mystery & Suspense, Hard-Boiled, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Steven Michaels | ISBN: | 9780595917938 |
| Publisher: | iUniverse | Publication: | December 16, 2008 |
| Imprint: | iUniverse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Steven Michaels |
| ISBN: | 9780595917938 |
| Publisher: | iUniverse |
| Publication: | December 16, 2008 |
| Imprint: | iUniverse |
| Language: | English |
Meriwether Humperdinckand yes, thats his real namewas a private detective who had never had an interesting casethat is until he met Igor Mortimer Blackheadand yes, thats his real name, too. Of course, Meriwether didnt expect that his first real client would end up dead, having been the only person to see the body of billionaire Howard W. Lacey before it suddenly disappeared. Desperate to the solve the mystery and to prove to himself that he is the big private dick he thinks he is, Meriwether must eventually risk life and ego in order to track down a killer and to change his own personal existence forever.
Filled with just the right dose of wit and wisdom and capacious amounts of comedy, Meriwethers story is sure to lead readers on an entertaining journey through the mind of an inexperienced detective, not only unsure of himself but of humankind in generalsuch that, his quest for his true identity as a genuine private eye is marked by many a mysterious encounter with a myriad of oddball eccentrics and with one fine and sassy lady.
Meriwether Humperdinckand yes, thats his real namewas a private detective who had never had an interesting casethat is until he met Igor Mortimer Blackheadand yes, thats his real name, too. Of course, Meriwether didnt expect that his first real client would end up dead, having been the only person to see the body of billionaire Howard W. Lacey before it suddenly disappeared. Desperate to the solve the mystery and to prove to himself that he is the big private dick he thinks he is, Meriwether must eventually risk life and ego in order to track down a killer and to change his own personal existence forever.
Filled with just the right dose of wit and wisdom and capacious amounts of comedy, Meriwethers story is sure to lead readers on an entertaining journey through the mind of an inexperienced detective, not only unsure of himself but of humankind in generalsuch that, his quest for his true identity as a genuine private eye is marked by many a mysterious encounter with a myriad of oddball eccentrics and with one fine and sassy lady.
