THE HARD SELL: A Modern Detective Novella is set in 2008 Southern California. Show dogs, pianos, baseball, fainting sofas, knives, guns, theft, ransom, the American Dream, antique Fords, live theater, education, the woods, the water, the mutt, the man with bad knees, the man in a cheap suit, the woman who sings to you, the bloodstained carpet, and the declaration of the greatest first baseman of all time.