★ Edgar Award Winner ★Chicago is Jimmy Flannery's kind of town. A tough Irishman with street smarts, he is part of a political machine that runs on favors and friendships. Flannery's particular piece of the patronage is the 27th Ward. Anything that happens there is his business. Even murder!When an antiabortion demonstration ends with a bomb blast that kills a pretty young girl and an old woman, Flannery takes it personally.Someone is stonewalling the investigation. Flannery's starting to wonder if the bombing was a political cover-up for murder. When the killer targets Flannery's lady love, Jimmy gets mean.He pursues the scent of the dirty politics with passion and revenge. . .a very deadly combination.Praise for Robert Campbell"Campbell writes with wit and vigor. The comparison not unflattering is to Elmore Leonard." --- Los Angeles Times"Robert Campbell has his own sound. He is an awfully good writer" --- Elmore Leonard" Robert Campbell is one of the most stylish crime writers in the business." --- New York Times