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

“You better believe it. It was bad enough finding out he and Celeste were obviously having an affair, but when he mentioned money and guns? There was no way I couldn’t. It was just after eight and he headed straight for our house. They didn’t leave until around nine-thirty, at which point they took his car and drove directly here, Mick. I parked a block away and saw them going around to the back. You know…okay, you probably don’t remember this, but I keep a loaded gun in the glove compartment because I sometimes take large cash deposits to the bank after hours if the club’s had a busy night.” Trenton spread his hands. “The rest, as they say, is history.”


“One thing I’ll be eternally grateful for. If it hadn’t been for you we might be dead now,” Mick replied.


“Might?” Shorty snorted. “We’d be grilled human on the half-shell and that bitch and her boy-toy would be toasting our demise with champagne.”


Chapter 39