Math Mystery For Kids

For fans of Raymond Chandler, Sunset Boulevard, and all things noir... It’s Los Angeles. Michael is a brilliant seventeen-year-old with a mind for numbers and a habit of staying out late. Jake Logan, a struggling actor, is his private tutor. Curious, he follows the boy across the city one night—and discovers the unexpected. A team of teenagers is learning how to count cards in blackjack. They’re led by an elderly but devious mastermind, Father McCauley. He’s a Jesuit priest who’s spent thirty years helping kids finance their college educations by teaching them how to fleece ...

For fans of Raymond Chandler, Sunset Boulevard, and all things noir... It’s Los Angeles. Jake Logan, a struggling young actor with a Harvard background, hasn’t gotten a part in months. A chance meeting with an old friend leads to an unusual new gig—as a private tutor for April Kim, a highly intelligent seventeen-year-old from a wealthy Asian family. Her life goal: to attend Harvard. But there’s a big problem. Jake soon discovers that April is a devious, manipulative, backstabbing overachiever who will stop at absolutely nothing to get what she wants. It’s a battle of wills, and ...