pbIn this deliciously noir novel from the creator of HBO's iBored to Deathi, idiosyncratic private detective Happy Doll embarks on a quest to help a dying friend in a sun-blinded Los Angeles as quirky, edgy, charming, funny and serious as its protagonist Lee Child. bpp Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff drop beneath the Hollywood sign with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran of both the Navy and LAPD, Doll supplements his meager income as a P.I. by working through the night at a local Thai spa that offers its clients a number of ispecial servicesi. Armed with his sixteen-inch steel telescopic baton, biting dry humor, and just a bit of a hero complex, the ex-cop sets out to protect the women who work there from clients who have trouble understanding the word no. p Doll gets by just fine following his two basic rules bark loudly and act first. But when things get out-of-hand with one particularly violen