Despite the cliffhanger ending of Honky Tonk Samurai, this is still a Hap and Leonard book, with both hap and Leonard very much intact. Still working for Hap's girlfriend's detective agency, they're hired for not much money at all to look into the death of a young black man which may have been an incident of police brutality, or may have been part of something even worse. Cue violence and scabrous wit and dark secrets and nasty doings as the duo annoy lots of people in their unique style of investigating. Lansdale is top of his game and knows exactly how to wind things up and let them fly.