Redstone: Mike Redstone: Two-Fisted Certified Public Accountant

by E.S. Wilde

It’s the original Redstone.Mike Redstone is elated when his small accounting firm lands a contract with a trendy Los Angeles tech company. As he goes to work for his new client, the twin suicide and drug epidemics sweeping Los Angeles are little more than regrettable distractions.But Redstone’s enthusiasm turns to confusion, and then fear, as he reluctantly realizes that his new client is at the center of a plot to subjugate his city, trapping its population in a web of drug-suffused thought control.With one eye turned to the dysfunction gradually engulfing Los Angeles and the other to his firm’s deteriorating finances, Redstone stumbles from one caffeine-fueled mishap to the next, refusing to acknowledge the international conspiracy unfolding before him.Finally left with no choice but to confront an evil of unimaginable proportions, he and a resolute group of friends concoct a desperate scheme so ill-conceived, so poorly planned, and so ineptly executed that it just might save the soul of a city.

358 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 14, 2020

Reviews

[George Figueroa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a real page turner - I finished it in a very enjoyable summer day. The story is influenced by real life insights into the public accounting world including perceived pressures placed on auditors who are trying to generate other services to make their own payroll. The book builds, in part, on ethical conflicts and evolves into a complicated, thoughtful, witty, and thoroughly entertaining book that really has something for everyone. The book was so enjoyable that it might just change the boring, dull public perception of accountants, generally, but most importantly tax accountants!

[Joy Livingwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this book up on a whim and LOVED it! Mike Redstone is my kind of unlikely hero: nerdy, kind-hearted, a bit unsure of himself... and capable of kicking serious butt when called into action. Which he is when, as an accountant, he finds out things certain people don't want him to notice. The multicultural cast features rich, multifaceted characters with complex relationships. The story -- a SF thriller set 5 minutes into the future -- is both fun and delves into some deep issues about what may happen as new information technologies become ever more able to influence what's inside people's minds. All in all, a really fun read!