It's the story of Holden "Max" Cash, "an FBI washout," who retires on a disability at the age of 35 to Florida's Space Coast, where he generally feels sorry for himself and plays small-stakes tournament poker to pass the time. From within this milieu, he gets drawn into a murder investigation of a poker pro named Ursula Morand, and he suddenly has a new identity as a private investigator, whether he likes it or not.
Soon, a rocket billionaire is implicated in the killing and the story is off to the races.
Ultimately, all my books (3 so far, with a couple on the way) are about encounters with more or less enlightened individuals and how that plays out in a person's life. In this case, Max Cash meets Big Granola, a poker pro who appears to be enlightened, but may actually be a suspect. Max has to sort that out.
Here's what the back of the book says:
From Florida's quirky Space Coast, private investigator Holden "Max" Cash is hired to untangle a Miami murder that reeks of rocket billionaire cover-up and corporate rot. Clues lead through smoky poker rooms to the glittering facades of the powerful—yet every trail seems to circle back to nothing.
Then Max meets Big Granola, the laid-back poker pro whose enlightened gaze cuts through the bluff like sunlight through the humid Florida haze. But is he sage or suspect? What begins as a routine case morphs into something deeper—a collision of hard-boiled cynicism and quiet revelation. Max's hunches sharpen into soul-deep intuition, illusions crack, and the truth emerges, not from evidence alone, but from seeing clearly for the first time.
The blurb goes on to ask: "In a world built on lies and high stakes, can a jaded, wise-cracking detective wake up before the house takes everything?"
Can he, indeed!
In this new day of AI, it must be said that the entirety of the interior text was created by me alone. I refused all help from AI! But a new day has truly dawned. AI has made it extremely easy for a one-man-band like myself to produce a high-quality product, providing quality graphics and commercial writing that rival the big publishing houses at a price that has long-since been completely unaffordable.
Take a look. I hope you like it and give it a read. I would love to hear your thoughts and feelings about The Big Granola. It's available in both paperback and Kindle varieties.
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