August Snow, an ex-police detective who was fired from the Detroit PD, brought down the entire corrupt department and the mayor with a wrongful dismissal lawsuit. The son of an AfricanAmerican cop and a Mexican-American painter, August Snow is
most at home in Detroitâs Mexicantown neighborhood, where he grew upâthe neighborhood heâs now returned to and hopes to revitalize with his settlement money of $12 million. The trouble is August has old enemies with scores to settle.
When an old acquaintance, finance magnate Eleanore Paget, hears August is back in town, she tries to hire him to investigate suspicious goings-on at her investment bank. August declinesâ detective work is no longer his beat. When Eleanore is found dead the next day of an apparent suicide, August doesnât buy it for a minute. His search for her killer will drag him into a ratâs nest of Detroitâs most dangerous criminals.