Hallmarks of the Job is a novella featuring meticulous private investigator, Stanley Melvin.
Stanley Melvin likes to keep his work grounded in reality, not at all like the classic detective novels he has read incessantly since childhood. But his best friend and annoying neighbor Rudy quickly points out that his routine “cheater” case is rapidly taking on all of the features that Stanley steadfastly insists are mere fictional tropes of the genre.
Part mystery, part humor, this novella should keep the reader guessing and chuckling.
Hallmarks of the Job first appeared in a PI Tales Double Feature (Volume Two), along with Michael Bracken’s Aloha Boys. The Code 4 Press version is now available!
Author’s Notes:
- This is the first story that Stanley appears in, but it won’t be the last. Shades of the Job and On the Job are coming in 2023!
- Stanley Melvin exists in the SpoCompton universe.
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Hallmarks of the Job won the 2023 PSWA Award for short fiction (second place)
Hallmarks of the Job was named as one of the best TRULY independent titles of 2022!