PRIVATE detective Scott Weiss and professional killer John Foy, known as the Shadowman, are mortal enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both.

One offers hope to exprostitute Julie Wyant while the other threatens her, and a final showdown between them on Damnation Street will decide her fate.

Even when you put this book down, Klavan's dark magic still works its spell inside your head.