Don't even think about buying a used car before reading this book. In your wildest dreams you cannot imagine the tricks and scams and nefarious actions used car dealers use to trick you, trap you, and take advantage of you. You will learn how to spot the warning signs before you sign on the bottom line. Captain Clock was a used car dealer for 44 years and was renown throughout the country for his dastardly deeds. Now he tells all and can save your ass if you spring for the book. And along ...

Discover a more lighthearted side of the funeral industry in this collection of real-life stories from the authors of Mortuary Confidential.Not knowing what to do, I sat on the church steps and waited. As the gravity of my failure began to well up in me, I began to cry . . . I Had Lost The Hearse!Funerals and the all the things that accompany them are traditionally somber, contemplative events in which the bereaved look to their undertaker...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CARTEL.When Jack Wade is called in to examine a suspicious arson claim, he follows the evidence into the crime infested inferno of the California underworld.Jack Wade was the rising star of the Orange County Sheriffs Department’s arson unit, but a minor scandal cost him everything, except his encyclopedic knowledge of fire. Now working as an insurance claims investigator, Jack is called i...

Private investigator Carlotta Carlyle's moonlighting job as a taxi driver turns into the most dangerous, high-octane case of her careerSix-foot-tall, redheaded ex-cop and Boston-based private eye Carlotta Carlyle is "the genuine article: a straightforward, funny, thoroughly American mystery heroine" ( New York Post).When Carlotta can't sleep—or when money gets tight—she drives a cab. It's always been a dangerous way to make a living, but lately it's ...

National Humor Month won't be the same with this huge, classic collection of side-splitting, groan-worthy, family-friendly jokes, puns, and riddles. Guaranteed LOLs at a time we can all use a laugh.Between these covers are a staggering 3650 entries - at a joke a day that's 10 full years of comedy! With chapters on everything from Modern Romance, the Working World and Aging to Pop Culture, Money, and much more, 3650 Jokes, Puns and Riddles contains the most...

**Prepare for edge-of-your-seat suspense in this Thriller Short.Originally published in THRILLER 2 (2009),edited by #1** New York Times bestselling author Clive Cussler.This be-careful-what-you-wish-for Thriller Short from bestselling author Phillip Margolin tells what happens when a cop meets the man of her dreams, who lives in the house of her dreams. Monica Esteban grew up poor, on occasion helping her single mother clean...

A tale from the world of Steven Brust and Skyler White's novel The IncrementalistsThe Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred people with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, communicate with one another across nations and time, and have a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time."Fireworks in the Rain" tells an original story not found in the no...

A collection of 10,000 side-splitting one-line jokes arranged in categories from bestselling humour editor Geoff Tibballs.'Is my wife dissatisfied with my body? A small part of me says yes.''Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in.''I read somewhere that 26 is too old to still live with your parents. It was on a note, in my room.'

Finalist for the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in FictionLonglisted for the 2022 Story PrizeA New York Times Editors' Choice pickOne of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2021Stories that capture our times by "a young author who has already established himself as a unique American voice" ( Elle).Saïd Sayrafiezadeh has been hailed by Philip Gourevitch as "a masterful storyteller working from d...

“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity FairMore than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the p...

ATAC Briefing for Agents Frank and Joe HardyMISSION:Investigate and put a halt to the recent rash of jewelry store robberies. Potential danger on the ground and in the air.LOCATION:Ocean Grove, NJ.POTENTIAL VICTIMS:All jewelry store owners in and around Ocean Grove.SUSPECTS:Undetermined. Ocean Grove is full of tourists who are just passing through...

[A 10,000-word short story prequel to the "Year of the Chick" series]There are two things that happen when you graduate university:1: You realize you'll be working for the next forty years...a realization that requires alcoholYou start to wonder when you're supposed to fall in loveSomewhere in between all of that, you'll find: office friends, office dimwits, good days, bad days, and a Human Resources manager that's out...