Failblog

by Sheila Scobba Banning

When an honor student at Woodhaven High commits suicide after being expelled for having alcohol in his locker, Xander and Jackson (Jax) Carter track all the data from his last days, uncovering secrets from the school campus to venture capital on Sand Hill Road. The loose thread of a father who couldn’t be there unravels a tapestry of deceit, putting the boys’ very lives at stake.

This high-tech romp is as much a glimpse into the lives of modern teenage brothers as it is a mystery. Xander has a natural affinity for technology as if born with a silicon chip in his head, and Jax has a genius EQ with the innate charm to talk his way out of almost anything. Together the Carter Bros make a fantastic problem solving team even when they’re bickering.

Bring the Hardy Boys into the 21st century and give their relationship a hint of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - that’s the Carter Bros!

131 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 16, 2014

About the author

Sheila Scobba Banning lives in California with her husband, sons and menagerie of pets. Her award-winning short fiction and personal essays have appeared in New West, The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, NYCMidnight, Rosebud, The Tab, Ephemera, and her own collection Intersections. Her first novel, Terroir, is now available. Sheila creates fascinators and outlandish hats, throws fabulous parties, wears vintage dresses, and laughs until she cries every day. Her superpower is catalysis. Learn more at www.scobba.com.