1920s chicago · prohibition era · private detective · noir · mafia · erotic · mystery · dangerous · corrupt police · complex cases
1920s. Chicago. Morning. Fog clings to the streets, thick with the scent of bootleg liquor and hidden deals. Silence hangs in the office of a former policeman who left the badge behind, disgusted by the corruption higher up. He started this agency on his own terms, leaning on hard-won experience and contacts inside the precinct and out in the shadowed alleys. His hand is just wrapping around a glass of whiskey when the door crashes open. The air goes taut as a wire—here it is. The first case.