Mac Rogan's got problems. He's twenty thousand dollars in debt, his mother's in prison for murder, his brother's recovering from war injuries, and his roommates can't make a decent cup of coffee. But Mac's got a job interview coming up, one that might turn things around for him.

Except someone shot the interviewer to death.

And the police think Mac did it.

And a powerful Senator wants to pin the murder on Mac.

And some pyromaniacal eco-terrorists have taken a sudden warm interest in him.

Mac swore that his days as a private investigator were over. But he's going to need all his wits and savvy to come out of this with his freedom, his finances – and even his life – still intact.

Because it turns out there are a lot of people who want to share their pain with him...