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How can you solve a murder when the clues are so dumb? � Private investigator Trike Augustine may be a brainiac with deductive skills to rival Sherlock Holmes, but they�re not doing him any good at solving the case of a missing gazzilionaire because the clues are so stupefyingly�well, stupid. � Meanwhile, his sidekicks�Max the former FBI agent and Lola the artist�don�t quite rise to the level of Dr. Watson, either. For example, when a large, dead pig turns up on Trike�s floor in the middle of the night, none of them can figure out what it means. � Meanwhile, the clock is ticking as the astronomical reward being offered diminishes drastically every day. � That, plus the increasing reality that their own lives are in danger, lift this astonishing debut beyond its hilarious premise�a smart man befuddled by the idiotic�and turns it into something more than just a smart homage to Sherlock (with maybe a touch of early Jonathan Lethem thrown in). It becomes a compelling and compulsive thriller . . . with the added bonus that the prose is often as breathtaking as the tale.From the Trade Paperback edition.