

Bob was in 310, which meant he was on the top floor all the way to the left. The main door opened into a stairwell dirty enough to double as Pig-Pen’s playhouse. I made my way to the door and searched through my phone to find the apartment number. “Sure,” I promised as I hopped out of the car. “Anything feels even remotely hinky, you come back down immediately.” “I spray first, and if that doesn’t stop them, I tase, then run.

I pulled the Taser and pepper spray out of my bag and held them up. I could pick a lock if I had to but preferred not to do so in broad daylight. “Okay, maybe he fell asleep or is in the shower or something? Let me run up and check.” The building looked like it had one outside entrance and no secure door. I hung up when it went to voice mail, and tried again. Did he miss the gas station with bars on the windows and bullet holes in the side? “You want to see the bad side of Oakland? I can give you a tour later.” I dialed Bob’s number, but the phone just rang and rang. This doesn’t look like a great place to linger.” At least I didn’t immediately recognize it as someplace I used to play. Kade pulled up beside a building that had probably never had better days. Neither realizes the danger they’re in as someone tries to tear them apart before they can find solid ground together. Kade insists on investigating if only to keep Ollie safe. When one of Ollie's childhood friends gets in trouble, Ollie feels he has to help. Kade is looking for a new life, in more ways than one, and with PI license in hand, he’s exactly what Ollie needs to keep PHI running. Then his brother’s best friend, Kade Alme, shows up, fresh from the battlefield after a close brush with death. But all that changed when he found his brother dead, a victim of PTSD-induced suicide.Īlmost a year later, Ollie is trying to keep his brother’s business afloat, but can’t get his PI license. He worked part-time for his brother at his detective agency-Petroskovic Haven Investigations-and had just bought his dream house.

Oliver “Ollie” Petroskovic’s life as an international supermodel was heading in the right direction.
