Everything is Ruined: A Larry Cummings mystery

By Nathan Stone

Larry Cummings' entire life is a greasy disappointment. His dreams of becoming a world-famous P.I. are burning in the deep-fat fryer while he spends long days serving chicken of questionable origin to an ungrateful public.

Then, a chance encounter with provocative local artist Maxine Glover, a ghost from his distant past, and recent winner of the Turner Prize, changes everything.

The police see an open-and-shut case...

...Larry sees a chance at redemption.

But digging beneath the polished, perfect lives of his old school friends, he finds more than he imagined. Now, to clear his name, he must navigate a world of suburban secrets and festering grudges, where the only thing more toxic than the chicken is the truth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1068513640
• ISBN13: 9781068513640
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Knot Cottage
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.1"