No Good Deed
by AG Chacon
A Thriller
An ER resident. A corrupt mayor. A beloved winery. The title means exactly what it says.
Dr. Reggie Ortiz is an ER resident in Temecula, California — trained to triage, stabilize, and act fast under pressure. He is not a political person. He doesn't follow city council meetings. He doesn't have opinions about zoning laws.
But when a corrupt mayor and the highest office in the nation set their sights on a beloved local winery, dark forces collide with ordinary lives. Reggie, balancing the demands of medicine with family ties, makes the mistake of caring — and then the worse mistake of acting on it.
No Good Deed is a political thriller rooted in the wine country east of San Diego, where family vineyards sit alongside ambition and small-city politics carry real consequences. It moves with the momentum of a courtroom thriller and the satirical edge of someone who has watched municipal government from the inside for decades.
The title means exactly what it says. No good deed goes unpunished — and Reggie is about to learn why.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for readers who like their thrillers fast, grounded, and laced with dark humor. It's for anyone who has ever watched local politics and thought "someone should write about this" — and for anyone who has cared about something enough to do something stupid about it.
If you enjoy John Grisham, Christopher Buckley's political satire, or Michael Connelly's sense of place, you'll feel at home in Temecula wine country. If you've been there yourself, you'll recognize it.
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