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"Jerry Hauser is a guy who knows firsthand what it's like to be powerless. Estranged from his wife and daughter, he spends long hours working as a rideshare driver. His is a lonely, bleak existence, made so much worse by the fact that Jerry is a dead ringer for Darren Hart, the smooth-talking master of a self-help empire. All day, every day, Darren Hart's hollow catchphrase--'Only you can help you!'--rings in Jerry's ears, taunting him. What could he possibly do to help himself? He's about to find out. Because late one night, who should end up in his car? That's right: the only and only Darren Hart. And Jerry, seeing his opportunity, decides to take the Hart Method to heart by helping himself... to Darren's life. Their fateful collison sets off a wild series of events that will have Jerry riding high--then running for his own life. It turns out that Darren Hart isn't who he seems to be. And neither, for that matter, is Jerry Hauser"--Page 4 of cover.
A propos de l'auteur
Owen King is the author of Double Feature, and We’re All in This Together: A Novella and Stories. He is the coauthor of Sleeping Beauties and Intro to Alien Invasion and the coeditor of Who Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories. His latest novel, The Curator, was published in March 2023. He lives in upstate New York with his family.
Résumé
Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry Hauser’s existence is a bleak one…especially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after a twist of fate, Jerry is given the chance of a lifetime…which, if he’s not careful, may well end his lifetime. So begins this California noir—a rollicking and gleefully lurid pulp crime story for our time.
