Her husband, Anthony Orr, hires Joe King Oliver, former NYPD officer turned private detective, to track her down. Joe, however, has problems of his own. His beloved, 94-year-old grandmother has cancer ...

The family then turned to Jessica Byers, a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office investigator turned private eye — and a darned good one ... the self-declared world’s greatest detective.

Like a classic hard-boiled detective tale, the origin story for Happy Doll, the private eye at the center of Jonathan ... SEE ALSO: Like books? Get our free Book Pages newsletter about bestsellers ...