Detroit's top TV newsman Frank DeFauw hunts down the story of a judge who may be corrupt-and is one of his best friends. Booze, drugs, womanizing and a passion for the news are all part of what makes brilliant, erratic Frank a major player in this deeply troubled city. Plagued by his own dark pleasures and followed by a deadly assassin, Frank is finally forced to decide if digging out the truth about a bribe to his pal the judge is worth risking his career, his family and his life. With supple prose, brilliant dialogue, complex characters and a twisting plot, this opening salvo of The "detroit im dyin" Trilogy is a fast-paced urban crime thriller, a classic noir story of corruption, betrayal and murder. ""A compelling and wonderfully written piece of urban crime fiction...LoCicero has produced a gripping tale of corruption and redemption in Detroit.""--Victoria Best, Tales from the Reading Room ""a brilliantly composed and complex thriller... fast moving and gripping""--Christoph Fischer, author of The Luck of the Weissensteiners ""TV anchor Frank DeFauw is a wonderful mixture of cynicism, vanity, self-doubt, weariness and wit. A kind of local princeling, his boozy, womanizing path illuminates everyone he encounters in this tight and vibrant thriller, as well as the dark city in which it is set.""--Patrick, Amazon Reviewer