Silver Street

For Silver Street, there is enough information to build a concrete synopsis from reviews and discussions of the novel. The central character is Detective Tony Lonto, a homicide cop who grew up in the slums of an unnamed Midwestern city and now works the same neighborhood he once tried to escape. When a pimp is brutally murdered in an area known as "the Strip," Lonto is assigned to the case because he knows the streets and the people who live there better than anyone. Before he can make much progress, a second pimp is killed, suggesting that a murderer is systematically targeting members of the local underworld.

As Lonto investigates, he faces obstacles on all sides. Residents of the Strip refuse to cooperate because they see him as a cop first and a local second, while his newly assigned partner proves more burden than help. At the same time, Lonto's relationship with his girlfriend Anna becomes increasingly complicated as personal problems begin colliding with the murder investigation. While tracking the killer through the city's bars, streets, and criminal hangouts, Lonto must stop the violence before more people are murdered.