When teenager Layla Soto watches a video of her father being snatched away from their residence building, she’s desperate to do something instead of just sit around like the kidnappers ordered. She turns to private investigator Duck Darley.

Even with the brutal summer heat in New York, Duck has been enjoying the last few months solving easy divorce cases while staying sober. At first, he’s reluctant to take the Soto case, but there’s something about the sharp-tongued Layla that appeals to him. Maybe it’s the fact that her family might be just as screwed up as his own. There’s the thrill of a new case too. And Duck is eager to re-unite with his partner, Cass, despite her betrayal in the previous book, Against Nature.

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