Charles Alverson - Joe Goodey 02 - Not Sleeping, Just Dead

Joe Goodey, ex-police detective reluctantly turned private eye, isn't enjoying a whole lot of success when a rich businessman hires him to find out who killed his drug addict granddaughter. The case leads Joe to The Institute, a cult living in a mansion down the coast from San Francisco, where Hugo Fischer, self-proclaimed guru, holds rule over a motley tribe of recovering addicts and middle-class seekers after the light.Doing his best imitation of a bull in a china shop, Joe checks into The Institute for an extended visit, only to discover that the killer might not be the only person who wants to stop his investigation for good.