Shadow Roll

How many gumshoes are dogs? It's 1948. Sam Russo, self-named and self-styled, would follow in the hard-boiled footsteps of Sam Spade, if he was hard-boiled. Up to his hocks in the murders of three young jockeys with both local cops and the track turning a blind eye, Sam is a closer. He's coming home if it kills him. Race horses, a gorgeous sassy dame, the Season at Saratoga, what more could a PI want? To become the "owner" of a dog named Jane who is smarter than he is. Sam is Jane's partner. Sam is the human half who gets the jobs that Jane solves.