Review of "Black's Beach Shuffle" by Corey Lynn Fayman

Poor Rolly Waters is one of those people who never really caught on in life. He's still trying to make it as a guitar player with a rock-and-roll band, but he also works as a private eye part time to pay the bills. One night, after playing a gig for a booming Internet company in a mansion near the ocean in San Diego, he discovers a dead body floating in the pool. He flees the scene and it looks like he made a clean getaway. But the next day an old school chum who's latched on with the same Internet company hires him to find "a key". Only this is a special kind of electronic key that unlocks the company's crown jewels that are safely locked away in their computer. There's a steady stream of people who threaten Rolly, and a knock-out of a girl that he just can't figure out. It makes for a fast-paced thriller, and a fun read, even if the pay-off wasn't a complete surprise.