The Perkins Predicament
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In 1950s Los Angeles, where corruption casts longer shadows than the palm trees, insurance investigator Jack Slade is about to learn that some cases are better left buried in the smog.
When Evelyn Perkins walks into his cramped office at Pacific Assurance & Indemnity, she brings more than just questions about her husband's supposed suicide. She brings trouble. The police say Randall Perkins, a quiet accountant, put a bullet in his own brain. His widow says otherwise.
As Slade digs deeper, he uncovers a deadly web of lies that spans from smoke-filled jazz clubs to the highest offices of City Hall. With a seductive sister-in-law, corrupt cops, and a notorious nightclub owner all playing their parts in this deadly game, Slade will need more than his Army training and investigator's instincts to survive.
In a city where everyone has something to hide, the truth could be his last case.
THE PERKINS PREDICAMENT is a hard-boiled noir thriller that weaves murder, blackmail, and forbidden romance into a tale of corruption that reaches from the gutters to the penthouses of 1950s Los Angeles.
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