Chuck Fair

A Detective from a Golden Age Chuck Fair

Returning to Los Angeles after a long absence, Chas Pharlain aging, tough talking detective takes a slam dunk case to find a wealthy sex symbol's missing lap dog, and finds himself knee-deep in mortgage murder. Poochy is missing. His son toddles on the brink of destruction. His ex-Marine pal double deals doggies everywhere. His blonde bombshell client seduces men faster than mommies can produce them. Mortgage manipulations and banker shenanigans pop up like weeds. Bodies drop in unusual places. The biggest name in banking seems to be pulling the strings. LAPD detectives---hard-nosed Rapp and jokester Dugan--are chasing Pharlain to ground. Peggy Priceless, an old flame, generates sexual heat but is not always a welcomed distraction. Close to putting an arm on the murderer, he finds the killer' s bullets coming closer and closer. Being in the wrong places at the right times, Pharlain wants to flee Los Angeles before he ends up in the slammer or worse yet on a gurney in the morgue. Unable to turn tail and slink back home, the detective pursues a dangerous end.