1999, Detroit. When a mafia stash house is raided by a rival crime family, two hitmen are contracted. The first is assigned to find those who made off with the multi-million-dollar cache of drugs, cash, and guns. The second, hired by those behind the heist, is brought on for protection. One, known locally as the hunter, works for the mafia to help pay for the private investigators looking for his twin sister's murderer. The other, the sick man, only works as a contract killer to help pay for the AIDS medication both he and his boyfriend desperately need. And though the hunter and the sick man may kill in order to earn a living, they might have the most integrity of anyone in this dying city. Electric Midnight is a crime novel told in six volumes.
Volume 4: Eternal Return
The detective grills the pool shark. The mother bids farewell to someone close to her. The hunter sinks his teeth into some truth and shakes it until it stops twitching. The sick man puts his house in order. The head and the actress go to the movies, learn something new about themselves. The kid and the kleptomaniac hatch an escape plan. The guilty, as they have earned it for themselves, begin to fall like dominos.