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Sarah M. Chen's Anthony Award-nominated and IPPY Award-winning debut. <p>Life is a constant party for restaurant manager, Finn Roose. When he seduces an underage woman on one of his booze cruises and loses her-literally, it sets off a massive search involving the police, her parents, and a private investigator. Finn is an expert manipulator but his endless lies only tighten the screws on himself and his unsuspecting best friend. Finn scrambles to make things right which may be too much to ask from a guy who can't resist a hot babe and a stiff drink. <p>"Chen creates a compelling character with restaurant manager Finn Roose. Readers with certain taste (like me) will enjoy watching this self-deluded ladies man bumble from one mistake to another, trying to hide his involvement with a missing teenage girl. Sarah M. Chen creates a hybrid West Coast restaurant noir novella. A great read." -Travis Richardson, author <i>Lost in Clover</i> <p>"A speedboat ride along the Southern California coastline where the sun shines a light on the lecherous locals. Finn Roose is an opportunistic restaurant manager who finally gets in over his head when he meets an underage femme fatale. Lives are shattered and bullets fly through the salty ocean air in this fast-paced debut from Sarah M. Chen." -S.W. Lauden, author of <i>Bad Citizen Corporation</i> and <i>Crossed Bones</i> <p>"If you like your crime fiction the way Finn Roose likes his women, hard and fast, you'll love Sarah M. Chen's debut novella. A challenging, unsentimental look at a man who may be beyond redemption. Chen is a writer to watch." -Matt Coyle, author of the Anthony Award-winning Rick Cahill crime series <p>"<i>Cleaning Up Finn</i> is a complex morality tale of debauchery, selfishness, sacrifice, and guilt. This romp of a noir through Southern California's South Bay will stay with you, challenging your ideas of poetic justice and leaving you wanting more from Sarah M. Chen." -James W. Ziskin, author of the Anthony, Barry