The Vig (Dismas Hardy)

Soldier. Cop. Lawyer. Dismas Hardy s done the tough jobs, and had some tough luck. Now he s kicking back and tending bar at the Shamrock in San Francisco. But the past returns in the form of Rusty Ingraham a former fellow prosecutor who drops by for a drink, warning Hardy that a perp they put away nearly ten years ago just got released and might still be looking for revenge. Next thing Hardy knows, Ingraham s houseboat becomes a murder scene, with a dead woman on board and Ingraham, presumably, at the bottom of the bay. To save himself, Hardy s got to solve the case. But there s more than one kind of payback, and it s 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...