Side Hustle: A Crime Fiction Thriller

By A.J. Lape

Three years after high school graduation, Darcy Walker returns in the first book of A.J. Lape's pulse-pounding Darcy Walker Investigations series. A blend of Stephanie Plum with the thrilling shocks of Veronica Mars, Darcy is an underdog who solves crime one way-living life like a verb.

Darcy Walker excels at lies, deception, and outthinking the bad guys. She has the r?sum? to prove it. While waiting to attend the police academy, she takes her talents into pizza delivery. Little does she know, life as a delivery driver isn't all pizza and wings.

On a late-night run to a customer's home, Darcy's delivery turns deadly. She stumbles into a murder mystery straight out of a Hollywood script-a blood-soaked crime scene with no known witnesses except a suspicious man with a Mona Lisa smile. To compound the trifecta, the victim appears to have a past he's been trying to outrun. Uncovering his secret-filled life leads Darcy and some new friends on a high-voltage journey, intersecting with a former adversary.

When shadows of this old enemy surface, Darcy realizes black and white are an absolute as sure as the sun's rotation. One wrong move could keep her from the academy, and one screw up could mean a friend of hers breathes his last breath. In Side Hustle, solving crime takes a backseat to the moral dilemma she's placed in: protect her dream or keep a friend alive.

For fans of Stephanie Plum, Veronica Mars, Fortune Redding, and other mystery-thriller heroines, Side Hustle will leave you laughing one minute...then hiding under your bed the next.

Grab this humorous, nail-biting spin-off of the popular teen series today!

NOTE: formerly released as Side Hustle, Season 1 in an episode/serial format. This book is the full-length novel combining all episodes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09BY3WPN5
• ISBN13: 9798549172258
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"