When Buck Schatz, senior citizen and retired Memphis cop, learns that an old adversary may have escaped Germany with a fortune in stolen gold, Buck decides to hunt down the fugitive and claim the loot. But a lot of people want a piece of the stolen treasure, and Bucks investigation quickly attracts unfriendly attention from a very motley (and murderous) crew. Brilliantly original, this is a knock-out book from a prodigiously talented young author.