It's 1957. Elvis Presley's ALL SHOOK UP is on the jukebox, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS has won the Academy Award, and the Braves have defeated the Yankees four games to three in the World Series. When amateur newspaper reporter MANNY LUBBOCK begins investigating the murder of his foster brother, a streetwise P.I. named Danny Sugar, he opens the door to a world of secrets, lies, and violent confrontations. A world he was always aware of but never a part of... ...until NOW. Put on your sharkskin suits and straight ties and step out onto the mean streets of the big city where every woman is a femme fatale, every man has a secret to tell, and every bullet may have your name on it.