Rat City

Who is Big Ed and who does he want detective Jake Rossiter pushing up daisies? To find out, Rossiter—with the help of his able-bodied girl Friday, Miss Jenkins—digs through layers of vice & violence in Seattle’s seamy underbelly, and he uncovers a case of corruption & prejudice that pits him one-to-one with hysterical dames, out-of-town muscle & the entire Rat City police force.

2001 Shamus Award Nominee for "Best First P.I. Novel"