A recovering addict and former child star, Jimmy Cooper gets a second shot at fame as a “famous” private detective in Los Angeles.

After cratering his career with booze, pills and public humiliations, Jimmy has started over, working at his Mom’s law firm as the in-house detective, putting his uncanny ability to spot liars to good use. Then, much to his and his mother’s surprise, Jimmy is famous once again after a case ends in a high speed chase viewed by thousands.

With the public looking on, his next case tests his abilities and his mother’s patience. Alicia Crowley, a young heiress, believes her uncle plans to kill her so she won’t collect her inheritance and wants Jimmy to prove it. When the uncle turns up dead, she becomes suspect numero uno. Believing she’s innocent, he investigates but begins to doubt his own instincts as he learns more about his client.

Will Jimmy solve the case and prove his mom wrong about him or just f@!k it all up?

Jimmy Cooper, a former child star and recovering addict, has gotten his second chance at fame as L.A.’s most popular private detective, but his latest case threatens to take it all away.

Hotter than ever, everyone wants a piece of Jimmy, from Hollywood producers thirsting to take advantage of his fame to another former child star who wants to be just like him. And then there’s the return of his long-absent father. Jimmy wonders if he deserves all this attention and just wants a new case to take his mind off it all.

Lucky for him, Patrick Beverly has been kidnapped. Jimmy is hired by the billionaires Robert and Eva Beverly to find their college-aged son before the ransom of fifty million dollars in diamonds is due. They have one caveat: the police can’t get involved.

As Jimmy navigates the landscape of wealth and privilege, his own father lures him back into a life that almost killed him.

In the page-turning sequel to Lawrence Allan’s hilarious, award-winning detective novel BIG FAT F@!K-UP, will Jimmy get Patrick home safely, or will the case be thrown into a tailspin?

Jimmy Cooper, former child star, recovering addict, and private eye, has gone from hero back down to zero.

After a case ended badly and publicly, no one wants anything to do with Jimmy, most of all himself. Then someone from his past comes knocking on his door asking for help.

Anton Greene is a young man in trouble. Needing some easy cash, he agreed to be a driver in a robbery that goes wrong, leaving a friend dead and a priceless statue in the wind. He turns to Jimmy hoping there’s something he can do to get him out of trouble and get justice for his murdered mentor.

Reluctantly, Jimmy agrees, and the two go on a search for the statue and the people responsible, trying to stay one step ahead of everyone else. That everyone else includes Jimmy’s girlfriend, Violet Ito, a homicide detective for the LAPD; the DA who has taken a very personal interest; a media mogul in Montecito, CA; and a music legend over in Beverly Hills.

Can Jimmy keep Anton out of trouble? And at what cost? It’s another page turner from the award winning Jimmy Cooper Mystery series!

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