In the most recent thriller in David Gordon's famous series, Joe the Bouncer looks for the killer of NYC's most alluring call ladies. Former Special Forces soldier Joe Brody is rebuilding his life after suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that was so bad that it led to drug and alcohol misuse. Joe, who stays with his grandmother in Queens, has gotten a job as a bouncer at a strip club, which should be straightforward and allow him to spend his nights reading the classics. The only drawback is that Gio Caprisi, a childhood pal who now leads the Italian Mafia in New York, calls on Joe's extralegal skills when the going gets really rough on the streets. Recently, New York's criminal underworld has been shaken by the disappearance of its most successful call girls. As a pattern emerges, what might otherwise appear to be a choice to pursue a new life comes to resemble something more troublesome ? the work of a serial kidnapper. When a woman turns up dead, the hunt for the predator behind it all becomes even more urgent. To find the killer, Joe will have to plunge into the seediest fringes of Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs on another wild ride.