The man who calls himself David Loogan is leading a quiet, anonymous life in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He’s hoping to escape a violent past he would rather forget. But his solitude is broken when he finds himself drawn into a friendship with Tom Kristoll, publisher of the mystery magazine Gray Streets–and into an affair with Laura, Tom’s sleek blond wife.
When Tom offers him a job as an editor, Loogan sees no harm...