Sam Kelson is a PI like no other. As a consequence of being shot in the head while working undercover as a Chicago cop, he suffers from disinhibition: he cannot keep silent or tell lies when questioned. But truth be told โ and Kelson always tells the truth โ he still feels compelled to investigate and, despite the odds, heโs good at his job.
Hired by Trina Felbanks to investigate her pharmacist brother whom she suspects is dealing drugs, Kelson arrives at Felbanksโ home to make a shocking discovery โ his clientโs brother has been murdered. Arrested on suspicion of his murder, Kelson makes an even more startling discovery concerning his clientโs identity. Kelson would appear to have been set up โฆ but by whom, and why?
As events spiral out of control and the body count rises, Kelson realizes heโs made a dangerously powerful enemy. Will he survive long enough to discover who has targeted him โ and what it is they want?
Michael Wiley was brought up in Chicago, and now teaches literature at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of three novels in the Chicago-based Joe Kozmarski PI series, as well as the Daniel Turner and Franky Dast series.