Ex-Mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private
eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly
simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he
has ever faced.
When a small-time criminal named Harold Lee turns up in the Ashokan
reservoir--sans a heartbeat, head, or hands--the local Mafia capo hires
Isaiah Coleridge to look into the matter. The Mob likes crime, but only
the crime it controls...and as it turns out, Lee is the second
independent contractor to meet a bad end on the business side of a
serrated knife. One such death can be overlooked. Two makes a man
wonder.
A guy in Harold Lee's business would make his fair share of enemies, and
it seems a likely case of pure revenge. But as Coledrige turns over more
stones, he finds himself dragged into something deeper and more
insidious than he could have imagined, in a labyrinthine case spanning
decades. At the center are an heiress moonlighting as a cabaret dancer,
a powerful corporation with high-placed connections, and a serial killer
who may have been honing his skills since the Vietnam War...