Property Values

A Novel

De: Charles Demers

Narrado por: Charles Demers

The worlds of urban gentrification, overpriced real estate, and gang violence collide in this wry and sardonic crime novel by author and comedian Charles Demers.

As a shaky truce between suburban gangsters starts to unravel, schlubby civilian Scott Clark has other things on his mind: if he can't afford to buy out his ex-father-in-law, Scott's about to lose the only house he's ever called home. In the red-hot urban housing market, he doesn't have a chance - until he and his best friends take the desperate measure of staging a fake drive-by shooting on the property to push down the asking price. But when Scott's mobster-posturing stunt attracts the attention of the real criminals, his pretend gang soon finds itself in the middle of a deadly rivalry.

With wicked humor and a brilliant cast of desperate characters, Property Values explodes the crime novel trope while exploring the comic lengths a man will go to in order to become a home owner in today's market.

©2018 Charles Demers (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Highly entertaining!

An easy listen crime fiction that has humor and is almost a romp. Clearly, although centered on crimes, the book reads more of a love tribute to a city & suburb, as well as the kinds of friends and people that truly make a community. I highly enjoyed it -

Very entertaining

I very much enjoyed listening to this - it was a unique concept, and I laughed at quite a few parts. Well done!

Foul language

So there are such foul language I was distracted from the story and could not even listen to it. I don’t think I’m approved, but this is way beyond the pale and I would like a refund of 1 credit