Langdon is a laid back, slacker detective, happy with his work, friends, and way of life in the town of Brunswick, Maine. To complement his income in Brunswick’s scarce private detective market, Langdon also owns and operates a mystery bookstore. “I’m being blackmailed with intimate pictures of myself with someone who is not my husband,” Senator Mercer said to his back. Then he is hired to investigate the blackmail of a US Senator. “You heard the OPK struck again in Portland last night?” Then he is hired to prove the innocence of an immigrant from Burundi framed for murder. Langdon gulped and stepped back. He felt as if he was cheating on his wife, but his eyes wouldn’t mind their own business. Then he is hired by the beautiful Delilah Friday to find her missing sister. Russian gangsters. Spooks. Serial Killers. Powerful interest groups. Blackmailers. Langdon, with the help of his friends and family must piece together these disparate items and solve the case that is threatening his way of life. And then they take his daughter. It is not just another day in Brunswick, Maine. Langdon has entered a world where money rules.