
A naive dishwasher gets mistaken for the nephew of a mafia boss.
Jimmy Viceno just needed a job. Any job.
When Machiavelli's Family Restaurant in San Diego hired him to wash dishes, he thought his luck was finally changing. He had no idea they'd mistaken him for the nephew of a Chicago mafia boss who was sent to spy on
A naive dishwasher gets mistaken for the nephew of a mafia boss.
Jimmy Viceno just needed a job. Any job.
When Machiavelli's Family Restaurant in San Diego hired him to wash dishes, he thought his luck was finally changing. He had no idea they'd mistaken him for the nephew of a Chicago mafia boss who was sent to spy on them because they've been underperforming.
By the time Jimmy realizes the mistake, it's too late. He's been promoted to consult on a restaurant expansion. He's impressing people who can't afford to learn the truth, and he's so absorbed in drawing his superhero comic The Adventures of Rat Boy that he barely notices the danger closing in around him.
The FBI thinks he's laundering money. The Chicago boss thinks he's a federal agent. the local mob wants him to prove his loyalty, and Jimmy just wants to finish his comic and survive long enough to cash his paycheck.
In the restaurant business, everyone's dirty. Some are just better at hiding it.
Perfect for fans of dark comedy, mistaken identity thrillers, and anyone who's ever been in way over their head at a new job.

Jimmy Meets Democracy is a fast political satire about a good-hearted dishwasher who accidentally becomes a congressional candidate. A clerical hiccup turns his DMV trip into a campaign, and suddenly Jimmy’s got pollsters calling him “authentically unprepared,” operatives pitching “the brand,” and strangers beggi
Jimmy Meets Democracy is a fast political satire about a good-hearted dishwasher who accidentally becomes a congressional candidate. A clerical hiccup turns his DMV trip into a campaign, and suddenly Jimmy’s got pollsters calling him “authentically unprepared,” operatives pitching “the brand,” and strangers begging for a platform. He’s got one: be nice, stack dishes right, and don’t open mysterious envelopes.
With Rat Boy—his trench-coated inner voice—dropping rules he never follows, Jimmy stumbles through debates, deadlines, and other people’s schemes. He isn’t a disruptor. He isn’t a plant. He’s just Jimmy… which might be exactly what voters want.
Perfect for fans of Veep and Parks and Recreation. Read in any order.

When technical writer Sean Perkins sees his new neighbor performing "Tank-Quan-Doh" on the front lawn while shouting "K.O.! Fatality!" at imaginary enemies, he makes a critical mistake: he introduces himself. That single act of suburban politeness transforms his quiet California cul-de-sac into the epicenter
When technical writer Sean Perkins sees his new neighbor performing "Tank-Quan-Doh" on the front lawn while shouting "K.O.! Fatality!" at imaginary enemies, he makes a critical mistake: he introduces himself. That single act of suburban politeness transforms his quiet California cul-de-sac into the epicenter for a July blizzard, a Lord of the Flies-style kids' prank war, and the most chaotic HOA election in history.
Sean never wanted politics, but he is forced to run for HOA president when acting-president Jerry Langley uses the HOA bylaws to target his wife Janice’s successful home business. As Sean tries to manage the escalating neighborhood chaos, led by his neighbor Tank, a 'tactical coordinator' who believes in preparedness for everything from alien zombies to 'people who back into parking spaces,' and his disaster-prone inventor brother-in-law, Tommy, he fails to notice that the person he’s supposedly fighting for, Janice, has been working through the night and feeling like “background noise” in her own home.
Meanwhile, a Russian documentary crew films everything, claiming they're making a film about the July snowstorm, but their cameras seem more interested in the people than the weather. Election day delivers a 52-52 deadlock, with Langley crying foreign interference (glaring at the Russians) and election fraud over Tommy's glitchy voting machine. Janice, who's left Sean to stay with her sister, holds the tie-breaker. Does she vote for her husband and save her business, or for Langley and save her family? Her answer: neither. She votes for Tank, who wasn't even running. Then the Russians drop the bombshell: the neighborhood has been unwitting stars of Russia's hit reality show “American Crazies”. Janice wasn't invisible. She had eight million fans who watched her work through the night and understood exactly how it felt to be unappreciated.
The question now is whether Sean will finally see what millions of strangers already have.