Everything Is Broken

by Anthony DeCastro

A Girl. A Private Eye. A World of Hurt.This girl is trouble.

Myrtle Beach P.I. Fuzzy Koella knows this the first time he sees Marisol Rodriguez. But a drug dealer’s cash spends just as well as anyone else’s, and peep jobs are Fuzzy’s specialty. So, he agrees to follow her and take the pictures.

And she leads him right into her web of violent men, campus corruption, and murder.

Then she has the audacity to ask him to protect her. This girl is trouble.

How far will Fuzzy go to protect a young woman, who might be a cold-blooded killer? If you like tales of hard-hitting detectives and treacherous femme fatales told in the classic noir style, meet Fuzzy Koella in his first action-packed case, Everything is Broken.

278 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 8, 2018

Reviews

[Glen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Florida PI Fuzzy Koella is hired by one of his scummier acquaintances to find a girl, and learn whether she is hooking or not.

Things quickly get more complex as they usually do in Florida.

Good and lean.

[L.M. Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything is Broken is a wonderful read. The narrative, taking place around Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is fun, engaging, and witty. The reader vicariously experiences all the highs and lows of being a private eye through Fuzzy Koella's leathery and yet affable first-person perspective. As an author, Tony excels in descriptive prose and witty observations that Fuzzy makes about the various suspects and acquaintances he encounters throughout his investigation. His characters are colorful, impacting, and sympathetic, whether he's describing strippers with a heart of gold, raging cops, creepy stalkers, corrupt coaches and ballplayers, or easy bartenders. As someone who lives in South Carolina, and a failed private investigator myself, I read the book with prurient interest, always wondering how different my life would have been if I had landed myself a job as a PI and had the chance to get involved with gangsters, dealers, murderers and dangerous gorgeous women. This is a fun book to read, particularly if you've ever wanted to take a walk down a dark alley and mingle with danger.

[Christa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a solid debut with great pacing that hits all the right genre notes for pulp crime fiction. Off-season Myrtle Beach is its own seedy character, and its denizens are those we all seem to meet in every tourist town. There's some good commentary on the underbelly of college sports and how it capitalizes on (and feeds) the cycle of desperation, and while I wished for more a little more depth to the women in this story (in the vein of Angie Gennaro or Helen Soileau), the overall story hung together very well. I'm looking forward to future additions to these series.

[Anthony Neff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good debut of a new series!

The author created quite an interesting mystery and great narrator for it. I am looking forward to reading more of Fuzzy Koella's adventures!

[Roger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read the book.