Following a confounding path of strange clues and stumbling upon vestiges of his own storied past, private detective Cosmo Grande, a self-professed tough guy, encounters–with his own brand of grit (and wit)–murderers, mobsters, straight and crooked cops, and a financial scheme threatening to bring to its knees a church already swooning from scandal. Unfolding events ultimately force Cosmo to confront his own frailty and finally face a ghost from the past who will not rest. Debut novel.