Best-selling author Daniel M. Ford presents the second volume in an exciting modern-day detective series: CHEAP HEAT Jack Dixon takes his PI talents on the road when a pro wrestlers outlandish Civil War-themed act results in death threats. Jack accompanies the self-styled U.S. Grantan old college buddyand his regional promotion on their fall tour in hopes of sniffing out the mystery and escaping his troubled past and to avoid any more harrowing run-ins with the deadly Aesir gang. Struggling with a budding romance, the specter of his college-era mistakes, and the undercurrents of a fanatic pro wrestling fandom, some of whom may just be willing to kill, Jack soon finds himself dragged into the limelightand squarely into the crosshairs of his most dangerous enemies.
When a teenager disappears from an elite boarding school, local police throw the seemingly innocuous case to their neighborhood PI. Enter Jack Dixon: college dropout, ex-cop, and ex-cook. What should be a simple case quickly turns sour, pushing Jack into the path of Nordic biker cultists and vicious drug dealers. But the houseboat-dwelling PI is determined to find the truthand the missing kideven though his persistence leads him into a thorny tangle of drugs and violence that could rip his sleepy waterfront life apart.
