Bobby Olsen, a month or two into his profession as a New York private investigator in January 1958, finds the simple tail of small-time hoodlum Rino Barone soon balloons into something that threatens not only his new business but the stability of the city's entire underworld. Even an enquiry into a widow's unwelcome admirer digs up dirt that has its origins from beyond the state's boundaries, and the unrequited love of a woman for her wayward...