1 of 5 Ain't Bad: A Paul Savage - Private Eye Novel, (Paperback)

Private investigator Paul Savage thought he understood lost things. Missing dogs. Stolen paintings. Runaway spouses. The kind of problems that leave behind fingerprints, broken locks, and bad lies.<br>Then Daniel Kessler walks into his office claiming someone stole an entire week from his life.<br>No memories. No explanation. Just seven missing days and the growing feeling that something inside them wanted to stay hidden.<br>What begins as a strange case quickly fractures into something darker. A dog returns home changed. A painting subtly rewrites itself overnight. A dying man searches for a woman the world no longer remembers. And somewhere beneath it all, a quiet organization works in the spaces between attention, altering memories, identities, and lives with frightening precision.<br>As Savage follows the trail through camera blackouts, vanished records, and carefully constructed gaps in reality, he uncovers a question more dangerous than the mystery itself: <br>What if the past could be edited?<br>Moody, philosophical, and threaded with sharp noir wit, <i>One Out of Five Ain't Bad</i> is a haunting private-eye mystery about memory, regret, and the parts of ourselves we were never meant to lose.<br>Some truths want finding. Others are safer forgotten.

• 1 of 5 Ain't Bad: A Paul Savage - Private Eye Novel, (Paperback)
• Author: Jack Elder
• ISBN: 9798199588706
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-06-01
• Page Count: 270