Fraud, Murder & Mayhem

by Ed Shiffman

Overview

Chester and Arnie are two car enthusiasts who buy an old Volkswagen Westfalia camper at an impound auction sale in Mendocino, California. Once they get the van home, they begin to disassemble it only to discover a mysterious map hidden within the ceiling. The pair thinks nothing of it until a stranger suddenly appears and offers them twice the amount of money they paid for the van in exchange for the map. Unsure of what to make of this situation, they consult Chester's girlfriend, Erika, who determines the map is a trail of locations that are hiding a fortune and is linked to an elaborate plan to defraud an insurance company. Deciding to keep the map for themselves, they set off on a journey to find the hidden money. The map leads them to many crossroads, dangerous situations, and trials. Will the three friends be able to live through all the mayhem and find the fortune for themselves? This is a fictional caper based on a few facts, a lot of innuendo and a fertile imagination following a trail of fraud leading to the notorious Cut Toe Gang.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798317803186
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	05/20/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	690 KB

About the Author

Ed Shiffman has a long professional career in investment management with financial service firms and a Central Coast Indian Tribe. Additionally, he served on the advisory board to the Special Trustee for Native Americans during the Obama Administration. Outside of his financial services, Ed is a captain with a volunteer fire department in Mono County, California, and helped to fight the Eaton fire in Altadena. Additionally, Ed has strong skills working with automobile mechanics, which he gained from working in a gas station during high school. Currently, Ed lives in Santa Ynez Valley with his wife of 30 years, Karen, their horses, and dogs. In his spare time, he enjoys surfing, running, swimming, backpacking, horseshoeing, riding his horses, and playing the trombone with a local R&B group. All his backgrounds come together in his book, "Fraud, Murder & Mayhem." Ed has other works, such as "The First Adventure of the Faxable Man".