num_pages: 217
description: A man walks into a bar…his phone rings, he’s offered a job. Broke and in debt he takes it. That’s how Jake Gibb meets his new boss Prescott Carmichael. Jake Gibb is a man who doesn’t let a good opportunity, a craft cocktail or a nice set of legs pass him by. His boss, Prescott Carmichael, is Cincinnati’s premier investment advisor with some of the city’s best and wealthiest names on his client list. Together, they provide Mr. Carmichael’s clients with exceptional ‘client service’. Those services include: finding a stolen historic relic (Spoon), playing cupid to a couple of forlorn lovers (Love on the Rocks), tracking down a client’s off-the-grid ex-husband who has a reputation for a hot temper (Sazerac), holding an old man’s hand who suspects his home is haunted (Haunt), helping an old friend finding compromising pictures of his fiance (Dirty Pictures), trailing a client’s unfaithful wife (Gumshoe) playing negotiator between a U.S. senator and his venally promiscuous wife (The Senator’s Wife) Jake’s 8 is an episodic novel that spans genres — hard-boiled detective, Wodehousian comedy, classic ghost story all with a light touch
language: English
title: Jake's 8