Fission Chips

by MCM

Gare Marx has been a PI for all of five minutes when he discovers he sucks at it. The mob wants money he never borrowed, he's suspected of murdering someone he hasn't met, and he's hired to find a woman who may be involved in some extremely shady business. That, and his secretary is an amoral jiu jitsu-loving sociopath.

With only hours before his life is ended in multiple (possibly concurrent) horrible ways, he has to dig up the courage and/or resources to solve the case(s), before the cases "solve" him.

Genres: Contemporary

146 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

MCM is the author of books like "The Vector", "The App", "Fission Chips" and the livewritten novels "Typhoon", "The New Real", and "Arkady and Kain". He also wrote and illustrated the anti-DRM fable “The Pig and the Box”, which has been translated into 18 languages and read over one million times by people across the globe. In his spare time, he creates TV series like "RollBots", playing all over the world RIGHT NOW. He lives in Ottawa and Victoria, Canada, because timezones are awesome!

Reviews

[Sherry Fundin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A comedic mystery that wasn't for me. It took me months to finally make myself sit down and finish it.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gare Marx is a foul-mouthed detective who isn't really great at his job. When the mob believes he owes them money, his life goes from bad to worse in record time.
Fission Chips is a fast-paced, hilarious mystery, with one of the most offensive and incapable characters ever. The side-characters are awesome, the absurdity of it all is wonderful, and the violence is plenty.

The story was originally serialized online, and the audience could influence the plot by weekly polls, which added greatly to my reading enjoyment.

You can still read the story for free at http://1889.ca/books/fission_chips