Starter villain
(Book)

"Charlie Fitzer is working as a substitute teacher, trying to get his life back on track after a divorce, being laid off, and caring for his recently passed father. The death of his Uncle Jake, who he has not had contact with in decades, makes the financial news for the fortune he made owning and managing a parking empire. Charlie receives a request from a representative of Uncle Jake's: represent Jake at the memorial service. It's an offer Charlie can't refuse in his financial situation. But the funeral starts with some odd attendees and an attempted stabbing of the corpse, and leads to Charlie learning Uncle Jake's business was much more complicated than just parking. He has to quickly come to terms with his newly inherited villain empire including sentient cat agents, a dolphin contingent considering a work action, and weaponized satellites for starters--all this while facing competition from other, more traditionally evil villains who Uncle Jake made a habit of either outwitting or undermining."--,(source of summary not specified)