The day after Christmas, Heller takes a sleeper car to Atlanta on the Dixie Flyer, riding into a job that will put him at odds with the most powerful men in Chicago.

Newly-minted private detective, Nathan Heller, runs three minutes late for his lunch with his uncle Louis and a distinguished guest, only to find out it’s just the first in a series of events with razor-thin margins of error. Is Heller up to the challenge?

Heller, asleep in his one-room apartment at the Hotel Adams in Chicago, is rousted awake by an uninvited – and unwelcome – visitor. Who knew this would be the first in a series of unplanned meetings?

On a cold December day in 1932, and Chicago Police Detective Nathan Heller takes a ride that will change his career path, and his life, forever.