The mafia does not forgive its offenders. Joe Kurtz, a former private detective and then a federal prison inmate, had to verify this. It seemed that he had managed the impossible - to emerge unharmed from the “small mess”, during which one of the mafia leaders and several smaller figures died, and now Kurtz could again engage in private investigation. However, Don Farino’s family thought differently... Previously, the novel was published under the title “Frostbitten.”