Death by Misadventure

Death by Misadventure is the first in a series of four novellas chronicling ebbs and flows in the life of Bobbi Dahl, a dissection of the South Beach party girl’s inner world -- decadence, greed, manipulation, self-medication, and superficial love. 


It all unfolds over a week on 6.9 square miles where a host of cruel, shady, sneaky, deceitful, elusive, slippery, devious, charming men offer PYTs both the carats and the stick. In this Miami the sun cowers behind the clouds, neon lights cast ghoulish shadows...and Bobbi’s boyfriend has a secret. A murderous, gangland type of secret. When she wakes up in the ER, alone, after a wild night she can’t remember, Bobbi is left to face facts -- she’s the villain in her own fairytale. Wilting in the shadow of maturity, pickled in poison, and naive to the intentions of ruthlessly self-serving men. Trust fund heirs, music industry execs, flesh peddlers, and a man more slippery than a fresh-caught marlin. All seducing her with promises, and pelting her with lies. 


Bobbi Dahl’s world is fragmented. It falls in pieces around her. Sometimes she tries to sweep them up. Sometimes she even tries to put them back together. Yet other times, other times when the alcohol floods her veins and the smoke clouds her mind, she stumbles through those pieces, cuts herself on the edges, and leaves bloody footprints as she dances. Would she like to be whole? Yes. Is she capable of putting herself back together? Yes. But is she willing? That’s another story altogether.