From Dan Fante, the son of novelist John Fante, comes a gritty detective novel featuring JD Fiorella, an ex-private investigator whos bent on avenging his friends murder.Failed private investigator JD Fiorella was a pro at finding trouble. Mixing it up with the wrong people in New York, he escaped to L.A.only to hit rock-bottom after too many nightmares and too much booze.Now forty-six and sober, JDis working hard to get it together. Living in Malibu at his mothers house in Point Dume, hes got a new job selling used cars with his friend Woody and a new girlfriend. But just as things are looking up, JD discovers a gruesome murder. Now the ex-private detective has to make a choice.Determined to exact vengeance, he follows a twisting trail of clues that leads him to unexpected truths about himself and his new lifeand to a psychopathic killer with an eerie connection to his past. And, as JD soon learns, this time theres no easy way out.