SummaryIt's Christmas time, 1969, in Chicago. After a night out,
Smokey Dalton, Kris Nelscott's enigmatic African-American
P.I., and his girlfriend find a young woman bleeding to
death in his neighbor's apartment. Upon arriving with her
at the hospital, they discover that her injuries are due to
a botched illegal abortion. This act of charity blooms into a more complicated
situation when Smokey learns that the woman became pregnant
after being raped. The woman survives, but the fallout is
deadly: Her ex-husband vows revenge at any cost. And in a
city torn apart by racial strife, gang wars, and a
burgeoning drug problem, Smokey believes that cost could be
too high. Kris Nelscott, one of the most nuanced, intelligent writers
of crime fiction working today, has authored another heart-
stopping, complicated novel of a country ripped apart at
the seams and a lone man doing all he can to put things
right.
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