Description
Welcome to the Sunshine State, land of opportunity and exaggeration. It’s a frontier where money can be made and dreams shattered. It is the land of the much-celebrated “Florida Man,” Internet shorthand four outlandish criminals committing outlandish crimes.
Sandy Preston is a Florida man all the way, but he is no crook. He ain’t an angel, either; Sandy is a low-rent private eye barely scratching out a living in the small college town of Gainesville. One morning, while a sleepy Sandy is using coffee and cigarettes to wash out the taste of his ex-girlfriend, an enigmatic woman enters his office to offer him a case: her sister is missing. And not just any sister, but a sister with a past steeped in prostitution and blackmail. Sandy accepts, and within a day, he stumbles into a world of human trafficking, political corruption, pill addiction, and other niceties.
Heartbreak and Lechery is as quick and sharp as a left hook. Arbogast’s tale of sexual depravity, violence, and failed redemption is a surefire hit for fans of all-American and hardboiled noir tales. Sandy is far from the world’s best detective, but he’s the kind of dick perfect for Floridian sleaze.
“Heartbreak and Lechery is noir that revels in the grime, exhaustion, and desperation that suffuse the lowest place in America: Florida.” — Capitalisimo, Tooky’s Mag
“Dames, scumbags, and perverts galore in this sleazy misadventure into the dark side of the Sunshine State.” — David Herod, author of Improvidence
Excerpts
Heartbreak and Lechery is also available in e-book format. To purchase the e-book edition, click here.
