Smile Now, Cry Later (Chuck Restic Mystery Book 1)

The first book in a NEW
detective series that just might make you quit your day job.

Chuck Restic hates his
job. A 20-year career working in the risk-averse world of Human Resources for a
large corporation has left him comfortably numb... and incredibly bored.

So when a co-worker goes
missing without a trace, Chuck ventures out of the confines of his Los Angeles
skyscraper into the great city down below. His search for the missing man leads
him from the shady underworld of Armenian mobsters to the billion-dollar land
developments that serve as the lifeblood of the city. Murder lurks at every
turn.

Chuck's HR background proves
more valuable as a moonlighting private detective than it does in the office. Chuck
may not be your typical detective (he prefers a passive-aggressive approach
over the old-fashioned fisticuffs kind) but he is amusingly effective at
uncovering the truth. 

The Chuck Restic series
is a fun romp that mashes traditional mystery with a scathing send-up of
Corporate America.