WHEN IN DOUBT

a Lefkitis Mystery

a depraved detective solves mysteries with his d**k

while

lusty hotties collide in paradise

The Arousal Ray's schematic atop a beachy background.

photo by Vincent Obeso

TOXIC MASCULINITY, BUT KIND OF SWEET//THE BEACH, THE SUN, AND PASSION'S HEAT

Lefkitis is a paid peeping tom, a professional pervert with untraditional methods. All of that changes when a mysterious figure brings him a missing persons case. Lefkitis becomes entangled in a confounding web of money, power, and the haunting memory of his one true love.

Meanwhile, a thirty-something named Misty has uprooted herself to Pony Island, the idyllic vacation getaway of her childhood. All would be perfect if not for Ben—tall, dark, handsome, and taken.

Worlds collide as Lefkitis' case comes to a close; it's gumshoe gunslinging action meets beach-sleaze lust, all with love and lives on the line.

GOLD MEDAL, GUMSHOE LITERARY SHOOTOUT 2023

A LANDLORDS OF THE NORTHWEST BEST BOOK OF 2023

A BEACH BONANZA BEST BOOK OF 2023


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SELECTED PRAISE:


"I never imagined such a dumb, fun story; hard boiled noir meets sleazy beach book; a deplorable anti-hero crashing towards a utopia of love; a book that ricochets between the crass, the heartwarming, and the very, very weird."

-Joel Sourach, author of Once Again, From the Top


"Lefkitis reminded me of Harry Dresden in The Dresden Files—brash, tongue-in-cheek[...] I'm curious about what he really thinks, if he despises himself as well as everyone around him."

-Bree, Fiverr Beta Reviewer @Ricbre


"For a story so steeped in sex, the actual sex was surprisingly strange."

-Goddess Butch, BlackPleather Podcast

"Can we talk about Misty? For such a stupidly masculine book, Misty was a much appreciated breath of fresh air (even if her central conflict was ick)."

-Not Your Grandma's Girlish Figure


"A slug of whisky in book form. A slap in the face, a baby shaken by the shoulders. Lefkitis is here and I hope to God he stays."

-Stephen Hartley, politician