The first part takes place in 1953. One of Heller's business associates (a legitimate one), Bob Greenlease, calls Heller for help: his six year old son, Bobby, has been kidnapped. Bob has been doing everything by the book with the kidnappers, trying to meet their demands. Including rounding up a $600,000 ransom. But the instructions the kidnappers have given so far have been vague and they haven't been able to make the drop. He wants Heller to see if he can use his underworld connections to find out who these guys are. Heller does, and unfortunately the news is bad: the kidnappers killed little Bobby Greenlease the day they kidnapped him. There was never any hope of Bob getting his son back alive. Half of the ransom money is recovered, which leads to the second half of the book. Five years later, Bob asks Heller if he can find out what happened to the other $300,000. He doesn't care about getting the money back, he's just sick at the idea of someone making money off his son's murder. Heller once again dives into the seedy underbelly of Kansas City and justice is finally served in the sad case of little Bobby Greenlease's kidnapping.
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