Downonhisluck rideshare driver Jerry Hauser’s night has taken an abrupt turn, and he now finds himself posing as selfhelp guru Darren Hart. This presents certain challenges for tonight’s meeting: Darren’s shrewdly opportunistic assistant Cassandra is suspicious, and their host, Ove, an offhisrocker Finnish gangster, has a hungry panther in the backyard. Jerry will be lucky to get away with his con…and his life.
A surreal and colorful world populated with two-faced talk-show hosts, cheerful Finnish mobsters, bloodthirsty white supremacists, snide English butlers, and panther-wielding Euro-trash assassins. Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry Hauser's existence is a bleak oneâ¦especially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after a twist of fate, Jerry is given the chance of a lifetimeâ¦which, if he's not careful, may well end his lifetime. So begins this California noirâa rollicking and gleefully lurid pulp crime story for our time. Collects SELF HELP #1-5