Stephen Mack Jones breathes new life into Detroit.

Mexicantown, Detroit. August Snow returns to his childhood neighborhood with twelve million dollars in damages. Enough money for the former police officer to regain his old humor and start a new life. But he has underestimated his enemies: shortly after his return, one of the city's most powerful businesswomen is found dead. Snow sets out on the trail of the murderer—and gets caught in a dangerous whirlpool that pulls him into Detroit's darkest corners.

The twelve million comes from a lawsuit against the city's corrupt police force. With the money, Snow, the son of an African American police officer and a Mexican-American painter, aims to rebuild his childhood neighborhood. Then, businesswoman Eleanore Padget asks him to investigate suspicious occurrences at her bank. Snow declines. Shortly after, the woman is found dead. The police rule it a suicide. Snow has doubts and embarks on a quest to find the killer. A gripping thriller set against the backdrop of Detroit's rough, multicultural reality.