โ Scribed by Dan Simmons
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AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR DAN SIMMONS TAKES THE READER ON TRIP WITH KURTZ THROUGH THE COLD, WINDY STREETS OF BUFFALO WHERE ONE WRONG MOVE COULD MEAN A BELLY-FULL OF LEAD... Joe Kurtz has been wronged one too many times. So when he takes out the drug dealing thug who killed his girlfried, the ex-PI gets to cool his heels for 11 years in Attica. It's there that he meets "Little Skag" Farino, the son of an aging Buffalo, New York, mob boss. In exchange for protecting the kid's manhood against any unwanted jailhouse affection, Kurtz gets an audience with Little Skag's father upon his release from prison.
Byron Farino is still clinging to what dwindling power he holds on the New York organized crime scene. He enlists Kurtz's help to track down the Family's missing accountant--a man with too much knowledge of Family business to have on the loose. But someone doesn't want the accountant found. As the story twists and turns and the body count rises, Kurtz no longer knows who he...
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