California Twist

Being dumped sucks. Big time. So when Harry Rhimes helps Lindsey Fairfax walk into his office, and she drops a runaway fiancé case in front of him, Harry knows exactly what's driving her to look for Preston Llyle.

And that's where the problems start.

What should have been a simple hide-and-go-seek missing persons case explodes into a rolling life and death situation as Harry becomes more and more involved with murders - old, new, and some yet to happen - old family money, even older malignant greed, calculating siblings, the city police, hot IT specialists, cold relationships, college football, drugs, Californian girl gangs, and the Richardsons' dog. Not forgetting a sadistic killer who has a taste for opera.

But that's just one week in the slightly surreal world of American born, but British bred, ex-Army major turned Californian Private Investigator, Harry Rhimes.

California Twist sees the start of a new series of novels featuring the life and times of Harry Rhimes, a Private Investigator who likes to think he's funny - as in ha-ha, rather than just peculiar...