Six months after being jailed for a murder he did not commit, Spayde finds himself released and is out for revenge who set him up? And why? With his partner missing and Missy presumed dead, can Spayde really trust the new Police Commissioner or the shadowy figure who hires him? Hard Talking, Hard drinking Spayde is the Anthropomorphic answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. And one more thing no one touches the fedora.