The Bar Is in Hell

Hard times and bad decisions drove Dan to borrow money from neighborhood mobster Fat Jackie the first time, and bad luck the second. Now he's beaten and handcuffed in a damp basement, hoping Jackie doesn't pull the trigger over ten thousand dollars. But that's just the way some Ash Wednesdays go.

Dan and Jackie hated each other in high school, and twenty years later, not much has changed except Jackie's fatter and more dangerous than ever. When his daughter, Lydia, disappears without a trace...