Tomorrow, the Killing refines the formula from the first Low Town book, without breaking much new ground. A few years on, Warden is still in his comfortable niche as an independent operator, when his old commander, General Montgomery, asks for a favor. The general's daughter Rhaine is missing in Low Town, poking around the old murder of her brother Roland, and Warden should see her safely home. Of course, nothing is simple.

Roland Montgomery was the founder of the Veteran's Association, a political radical who was assassinated to protect the crown. Worse, Warden had a part in that. The Veteran's Association is just another mob these days, a gang of toughs. Out of what passes for justice in his cynicism and bitterness, Warden starts a multisided gang war between the veterans, the mafia, and the secret police.

It's a noir pastiche, but it's a fun noir pastiche, and Polansky is a little firmer with the secondary characters than he was in the first one. I'll keep reading.