Timothy Hallinan

King Maybe Timothy Hallinan

Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is in the middle of burgling a house and has just gotten his hands on one of the worlds rarest stamps when the job goes terrifically wrong. After barely escaping, Junior realizes the danger is far from over. Hes gotten himself on the wrong side of a man whose name is synonymous with violence, and to save his own skin hes set off a chain reaction of blackmail, strong-arming, and escalating crime. To pay off his underworld debts, Junior is forced to break into the house of the most powerful man in Hollywood, the shadowy, widely feared studio mogul known as King Maybe. Its an impossible break-in, and to get out of the house alive Junior will need to use everything hes learned, plus a few skills he knows he doesnt possess.