Everyday Malfeasance

Only two things keep EVERYDAY MALFEASANCE from being a crime novel like Jim's other books—it's not about crime and it isn't a novel.

Rather, it is a collection on potentially humorous essays, incidents, very short stories, vignettes—each one about everyday people trying to get by, stay out of trouble, maybe bend the rules when necessary. The Italians call it "fregatura," that normal activity just-this-side-of criminal behavior.

So maybe the book is about crime, in a way. And maybe all the little stories add up to one big story. In a way.

So let's take it back— EVERYDAY MALFEASANCE is a crime novel.