- Troubled, down on his luck private investigator Harvey Diederich is barely making ends meet. He's investigating infidelity cases for high school students when he finally lands the first legitimate job he's had in years. Charged with returning a teenage runaway to her equally troublesome mother, he is quickly reminded that nothing will ever come easy for him, and finds his investigation hampered by a difficult suspect, a corrupt cop, and his own ineptitude.
- Hardboiled and tragically inept, private investigator Harvey Diederich is barely making ends meet by investigating infidelity cases for and selling contraband to local high school students. A man born perhaps outside his era, he constantly finds himself out of place and down on his luck. And though he's never really been able to find his place in the modern day metropolis of Los Angeles, he's always managed to get by. But when he finds himself cutting it close even by his standards, he decides to look for a new line of work.
Lacking an internet connection of his own, Harvey struggles to navigate the web as effectively as the vagrant sitting next to him at the public library. Pitifully unsuccessful, he returns to his office to discover a woman already waiting for him inside. Sparing any pleasantries, she offers him the first legitimate case he's had in years, and charges him with tracking down and returning her runaway daughter. And though she wants Harvey's help, she doesn't seem to want to make it easy for him. He's given just enough information to get started, then warned that the girl is a gifted liar and more than her fair share of trouble.
Ever resourceful, Harvey manages to track down his only lead. But never one to catch a break, he quickly finds his investigation hampered by a difficult suspect, a corrupt cop, and his own ineptitude. And when he does finally catch up to the girl, she justifies her actions with a startling accusation that causes him to question the benefit of returning her home. What happens next irrevocably changes Harvey's life forever, as the story examines the themes of failure and the skeletons in our closet.
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