The Monkey's Fist

Tewnty-five years as a Washington, D.C., homicide detective have left Eddie Nickles disposed to peaceful life; but a "simple" freelance job is hard to resist when it pays so much. Soon, however, Eddie is enmeshed with Russian freelance criminals, ex-KGB operatives, a top-secret U.S. agency, and the street crime he's fought all his life. A riveting new novel from the author of Playing the Dozens.