Ink & Blood

Chicago, 1928. The gin is cold, the jazz is hot, and the corruption runs deep.

When powerful Alderman Lucius Whitlock is found dead in his opulent study, a single, cryptic ledger left on his desk, the city holds its breath. The official story is a heart attack. But everyone with a stake in the Windy City's underworld knows a hit when they see one.

Fletcher McGregor, a former Pinkerton detective whose principles cost him his career, is pulled into the investigation. Hired by a mysterious client, he quickly finds himself trapped between two warring mob factions, a police force on the take, and politicians who smile with daggers behind their backs.

Aided by a relentless reporter hungry for a front-page story and a police detective clinging to his last shred of integrity, Fletcher must untangle a web of secrets where the line between friend and foe is blurred. As bodies pile up and the city's power players close in, the hunt for the ledger—and the truth—becomes a fight for his own survival. In a town built on lies, one honest man could bring it all crashing down.