"Max Allan Collins is a master of the streets of Chicago. "-- Chicago Sun - Times

"A unique private eye series with a believable, enduring, hard-boiled hero."--Los Angeles Times

"Collins excels in the dialogue with the Made Guys, and every time Frank Sinatra appears, the pages sing. Light and fast-paced, this is criminal history made fun and easy."--Publishers Weekly

Chicago, 1950--the target of America’s first congressional inquiry into organized crime. Big trouble for anyone who knows where the bodies are buried, and Nate Heller has buried a few of them himself. He has no illusions about his civic duty--he prefers to stay alive and in business, mixing with the likes of Frank Sinatra and starlet Jayne Mansfield. But certain high-level gangsters, including Sam Giancana, aren’t so sure Heller will stay discreet. After all, the private eye’s partner, ex-cop Bill Drury, is cooperating with the feds. And when Drury becomes a target of syndicate assassins, and a troubled showgirl is sadistically victimized, Heller stands up against the mob--not in court, but with his own brand of rough iustice.