The Missing Husband

He thought he was hunting a con-woman. Turns out he was chasing his own damn ruin.

Jake Harlan isn't a hero — he's a busted gumshoe with a twice-broken shoulder and a taste for rye he can't afford. When a red-haired grifter named Vivian Lane blows into his life wearing danger like perfume, Jake makes the oldest mistake in the book: he listens to his heart instead of his head.

Vivian leaves a trail no man can ignore — dead mobsters, crooked cops, burned money, and a high-stakes insurance scam that stinks worse than last week's catch. The Feds want her locked up. The mob wants her buried. Jake just wants the truth. But in this city, truth is expensive, and sometimes the bill comes with a bullet.