Award-winning author Laird Barron makes his crime fiction debut with a
novel set in the underbelly of upstate New York that's as hardboiled and
punchy as a swift right hook to the jaw--a classic noir for fans of
James Ellroy and John D. Macdonald.
Isaiah Coleridge is a mob enforcer in Alaska--he's tough, seen a lot,
and dished out more. But when he forcibly ends the moneymaking scheme of
a made man, he gets in the kind of trouble that can lead to a bullet
behind the ear. Saved by the grace of his boss and exiled to upstate New
York, Isaiah begins a new life, a quiet life without gunshots or
explosions. Except a teenage girl disappears, and Isaiah isn't one to
let that slip by. And delving into the underworld to track this missing
girl will get him exactly the kind of notice he was warned to avoid.