The Vig (Dismas Hardy)

Soldier. Cop. Lawyer. Dismas Hardys done the tough jobs, and had some tough luck. Now hes kicking back and tending bar at the Shamrock in San Francisco. But the past returns in the form of Rusty Ingrahama former fellow prosecutor who drops by for a drink, warning Hardy that a perp they put away nearly ten years ago just got releasedand might still be looking for revenge. Next thing Hardy knows, Ingrahams houseboat becomes a murder scene, with a dead woman on board and Ingraham, presumably, at the bottom of the bay. To save himself, Hardys got to solve the case. But theres more than one kind of payback, and its not just the ex-con who might have wanted it. Now, as he tangles with a mob enforcer, a rejected lover, and a renegade cop, Hardy is haunted by the knowledge that the later you pay, the steeper the price...