Pelecanos knows the streets of D.C. He knows the layout, the language and the people. You will be transported to his world as you turn the pages of his latest novel. While languishing in prison, Michael Hudson discovers a fondness for reading. And also for the prison librarian, who works hard to find the right reading material for her book groups and individual inmates. An investigator who has delusions of himself as a modern day Robin Hood, not just a common thief, gets a witness to recant his story incriminating Michael, who suddenly finds himself released back into the world. Michael makes the decision to try to turn his life around and is doing all the right things when the investigator approaches him about helping him out on a job. After all, Michael owes him one, right? All the players must examine their own moral compass in this gritty, complex tale about making choices.