A Fine Conundrum

<p>In the late summer of 1970 it's hot in Montreal Canada-and getting hotter. Between the high temperatures and the political unrest in the city the heat is on for private investigator Joey Fine.</p><p>Short on work and long on bills Fine needs a case and fast. It arrives in the form of a knock-out dame named Martha Dawes. She wants Fine to investigate the missing funds from her father's will believing her younger half-brother has left town and taken the cash with him. Fine agrees to help and plunges into a crime that takes several twists and turns involving some of Montreal's politicians. </p><p>When Martha's brother turns up dead and there's no sign of the money however Fine realizes there's more to this case then mere embezzlement. He uncovers a slew of illegal dealings with some of the seediest underworld characters he's ever imagined. Worse Martha's husband Jerry is somehow involved. This isn't exactly what Fine signed up for. </p><p>Even so he keeps digging-but what he finds just might make him wish Martha Dawes had never walked through his office door.</p>