Finding Lubchenko

Finding Lubchenko by Michael Simmons

Here's the opening paragraph-

"So this is basically a story about a murder. It's a story about a murder and the fact that the cops said my dad did it. All implausible, but still a lot of trouble for my father. But I'll get to that. The story actually begins with a smaller crime. It was really just a way for me to earn a little money. And when I tell you what I was doing, you probably won't even think it was that wrong. Not really a crime. I was actually only stealing from myself, if you really think about it, although there are probably a few people who would disagree with me on this."

Evan, our main character and narrator of the story relays how his super rich but tightwad dad has been framed for murder. Evan works at his dads biotech firm for minimum wage (his dad wouldn't have it any other way) so with the help of his best friend Rueben they have been "liberating" office equipment and we're not talking staplers and hole-punches, we're talking laptops, printers, and scanners - the boys then sell the stuff on ebay to supplement Evan's non-existant allowance and wage. One minor glitch - when Evan dad is framed for a murder that has taken place in their office tower, Evan holds the key piece of evidence that could free his dad, but that would also mean coming clean on his supplimentary income scheme.

Evan decides there is only one option that will work for them, find out who is framing his dad themselves, even though this puts them up against some pretty nasty guys. And this means finding Lubchenko.

Loved it, thought it was a fun read, enjoyed the sarcastic, smart-alec, voice of Evan, the crazy schemes he comes up with and how his friends can't resist even against their better judgement being a part of them.

If you haven't seen Ferris Buehler's day off, go out and rent it, cause Ferris and Evan are made of the same stuff.