The Ace of Spades

A vanished accountant, a wife paying in cash, and a playing card left on a detective's pillow — Frank Kelley knows a warning when he sees one. Hired to find Hugh Osgood in the smoky sprawl of 1950s Los Angeles, the ex-cop turned private eye quickly discovers that his missing person case is tangled in laundered money, illegal gambling parlors, and a crime syndicate that kills to keep its secrets. As Frank digs deeper, every answer he uncovers only reveals a more dangerous question — and the people closest to the truth may be the ones he trusts the least.