In a city owned by the Four Families, Constable Paix Hanger has advanced as high as he can. A hard-working twenty-year veteran relegated to walking a beat in the worst neighborhood of the worst precinct of the city, he resents the crime family which rules his quadrant, chafing at the restrictions placed on him by his superiors "for his own good". A boy who's a reminder of the son he might never have disappears and those who look for him begin dying. When the incompetent and corrupt detectives assigned to the case are unable or unwilling to act, Constable Hanger takes matters into his own hands. This companion story takes place during the same time frame as The Jacq of Spades: Part 1 of the Red Dog Conspiracy.

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Howell sat beside Paix. "I hope you're
well."

Briscola's face was white, his
eyes wide with fear.

"As well as can be expected,"
Paix said, hoping his voice wasn't shaking as badly as it sounded.
"And you?"

"I'm not here to kill you,"
Howell said. "To be perfectly hon...