The fifth book in Loren Estleman`s critically acclaimed Detroit series takes us to the turn of the 20th century, when the horseless carriage was driving the country into a new age. Harlan, the black sheep of the illustrious Crownover clan, is known for his lack of business savvy. Determined to prove himself a success, he decides to abandon the family carriage business to back Henry Ford`s assembly-line automobile factory. When the street railway commissioner denies Harlan the $5,000 loan he plans to invest, the ambitious upstart goes to mobster Sal Borneo seeking cash. Now, having tied himself, his family, and Ford to the mob, Harlan is suddenly caught in a seriously tangled web of business and political corruption.