Mick Hawk awakens in an alley covered with blood from a head wound, with no memories other than his first name. According to Shorty, the homeless man who found him, he was holding a battered driver's license, so they go in search of the owner with no luck.<br><br>Then a man approaches them on the street. His name is Richard Wolfe, and he claims he and Mick are lovers. After Richard convinces Mick he's telling the truth, the three men set out to discover who wants Mick dead and why. A difficult task, as Mick has yet to regain his memory.<br><br>One suspect is Mick's older brother, Trenton, who manages one of Mick's clubs and resents the fact their father gave them to Mick instead of him. Another is the man on the driver's license, who works for Trenton. Or ...? All they have to do is figure it out, before someone tries again to take Mick out of the picture permanently.

Hawk and Wolfe

“Anything?” Richard asked when he returned to the office carrying Mick’s burger, with Shorty right behind him.


“Nope. I guess I hire good employees because the last time I let someone go was six months ago. Trenton fired a waitress about three months ago, and a bartender last month, but I don’t see them holding me responsible.”


“Yeah, that would be a reach.” Richard sat while Mick ate. “I was thinking. The club closes at two, and it takes a while for cleanup and everything. So the earliest you would have seen the man handing off the box would have been two-thirty. That doesn’t give much time for them to get you across town to the alley before Shorty found you.”


“He said it was after three in the morning, so if they worked fast…”


Chapter 27