A violent and explosive crime novel set in New York City’s criminal underworld following the bloody aftermath of Martin Luther King’s assassination. Mayhem. Murder. Mafia. New York City, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr is dead.The fires of the subsequent riots have been put out. In the midst of civil unrest and turmoil stands Russ King, disgraced ex-cop turned Private Investigator to the criminal underworld of East Harlem. Cloaked by his biraciality and the ability to pass as white, Russ navigates a murky world filled with local hoods, loan sharks, pimps, slum landlords and shady businessmen. Troy King is a gambler, dopefiend and B&E specialist and Russ’ wayward younger brother. When Troy is released from prison he goes on the run leaving Russ with unpaid debts and a Mafia contract on his head. In an endless bid to pay off his brother’s debts and keep him alive, Russ reluctantly takes a job offered by an imprisoned Mafia don to investigate the brutal slaying of mob-connected financier, Joe ‘the Fox’ Azria and his mistress, Maggie Nelson. Before too long, Russ is thrown into a violent world of organised crime, cold-blooded jewel heists, police corruption and arcane cults. Junior Rhone’s debut novel is a blistering epic story of crime, greed, corruption, religious extremism and race, a searing portrayal of a city on the verge of racial and political anarchy. Blending labyrinthine plotting, shocking twists and dark humour in an uncompromising and complex rumination on life, death and violence that conjures up the very best work of varied storytellers such as James Ellroy, Don Winslow, Walter Mosley and Raymond Chandler.