In 1928 soot from the local mills and music from speakeasies linger in the Pittsburgh air. When the manager of The Kelly Club is found dead nightclub singer Vera Pembroke is thrust into peril. As the only witness to the crime shes sentenced to hide away in the Allegheny Forest with a stuffy police sergeant as her guardian.Sergeant Mick Dinelo harbors a burning hatred fIn 1928 soot from the local mills and music from speakeasies linger in the Pittsburgh air. When the manager of The Kelly Club is found dead nightclub singer Vera Pembroke is thrust into peril. As the only witness to the crime shes sentenced to hide away in the Allegheny Forest with a stuffy police sergeant as her guardian.Sergeant Mick Dinelo harbors a burning hatred for Pittsburghs underworld after the devastation it left on his lifeāand heart. He should be out exposing the culpable gangsters rather than tending to the impetuous woman who defies his every effort to keep her safe.Mick and Vera must set aside their differences to solve the murder that someone wants to keep buried beneath the soot of Steel City.(less)