Side Hustle: Everyday Thieves

By Grace Wen

Insurance salesman Andy McGuire lives for easy money, even if it means victimizing a Chinese-American community to get it. Yet it's never enough, and he's sick of the grind.

When he's invited to join an elite investment group, he jumps at the chance to finally make the big bucks. But great rewards require great risks. Will his side hustle pay off or ruin him?

An Everyday Thieves story, where the con artists are the people we think we know best.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bamboo Press
• Release date: Apr 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201471217

Grace Wen

Grace Wen trained as a engineer, worked as a lawyer, and is recovering from both. She is a proud Michigan native and lives in metro Detroit. When she's not writing, she enjoys practicing classical guitar, cooking vegan food, and watching community theatre performances.

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Side Hustle

Everyday Thieves

Grace Wen

Published by Bamboo Press, 2022.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

SIDE HUSTLE

First edition. April 9, 2022.

Copyright © 2022 Grace Wen.

ISBN: 979-8201471217

Written by Grace Wen.

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Andy McGuire squinted at the building in front of him, the address on his phone, then the building again. The faux-dobe structure used to be a chain Mexican restaurant and it looked like it still had the same paint job from 20 years earlier. A faded outline of where the Chi Chi's logo used to be was still visible on a dirty beige wall.

He got out of his Cadillac and slammed the door shut. As he approached the building, his polished brown loafers flattened the weeds that pushed up through the cracked parking lot. The parking lot extended to an equally shabby Red Roof Inn on one side and a less shabby Bob Evans on the other. Across the street was a computer superstore, the only structure around that appeared to be built in the 21st century. The drone of traffic whooshing and off nearby I-75 gave him an instant headache.

He was going to find his next scores here?

When he reached the front door, a sign taped on the door told him he was in the right place even though he couldn't read half the writing.

The Chinese-American Cultural Center.

His contact, Kevin Lim, was already waiting when he entered the lobby. He approached Andy with the confident stride of a fellow salesman and the