
Sunny Side Up
Daniel Stallings
(Author)Description
Twenty-year old luxury cruise ship waiter Li Johnson is used to the humiliation of trying to satisfy entitled rich jerk customers and a sadistic supervisor, but his problems get even bigger when he finds a passenger sunburned to death on the Sunbathing Deck. Now Li has to catch a murderer before he's framed for the crime or worse, loses his crappy job...
For twenty-year-old Li Johnson, a job as a cruise ship waiter was supposed to be a way to get over his father's death and earn enough money to go back to college. Instead, Li is struggling to maintain his sanity while coping with the demands of a sadistic maitre d' and a boatload of entitled rich jerk passengers. Li just wants to keep his head down and survive his job from hell, but when he finds a passenger sunburned to a crisp on the Sunbathing Deck, something about the scene just doesn't add up. Before he knows it, Li is on the track of a murderer and if Li doesn't find the real killer soon, he might just get framed for the crime -- or worse, lose his crappy job.
A brand-new classic in the amateur detective genre, Sunny Side Up is a traditional murder mystery for the 21st century, with a glamorous setting, a gallery of suspects, clues that will keep readers guessing to the last page, and a delightful new hero in Li Johnson, the millennial minimum wage manhunter, who brings sleuthing to the service economy.
Product Details
Publisher | Pace Press |
Publish Date | March 01, 2018 |
Pages | 214 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781610353113 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches | 0.6 pounds |
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Reviews
"An Agatha Christie cast of characters seen with a modern eye, and with startling moments of both insight and compassion."-- "Anne Perry"
"Daniel Stallings' debut mystery offers an appealing protagonist and a fresh viewpoint. Root for the underdog!"-- "Carolyn Hart, author of the Death on Demand mysteries"
"LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Sunny Side Up by Daniel Stallings!"-- "Cozy Mystery Book Reviews"
"Snarky and hilarious! I was cheering for newbie Li Johnson from the start, as he dealt with overbearing bosses, tyrannical passengers, and even murder on this pleasure cruise from hell!"-- "Red Rock Books"
"This all-too-human amateur sleuth is a wimpy sad sack, but you root for him anyway. With all the things going against him, you want him to come out on top."-- "Terrance McArthur, Kings River Life"
"Very entertaining ... this brought in a new kind of detective -- a millennial with a minimum wage job. I would like to see where Li Johnson goes after this one - it would be fun to go along on another investigation with him!"-- "JessicaMap Reviews"
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