Boyce field -- The friend -- A visit with the FBI -- A case to look into -- The Gorman file -- The eyewitness -- Digging in -- Martha -- The south side group -- The last Greylord judge -- A green Chevrolet -- A sick feeling -- Haberkorn -- The cop -- A troubling legacy -- A final push -- "I really want to go now"

The cold-case murder of John Hughes, the son of a Chicago Outfit member suspected of pulling the trigger, and the efforts of a determined detective to unravel a cover-up. A murder that had roiled the city and had been investigated for years had been reduced to a few reports and photographs. What should have been a massive file with notes and transcripts from dozens of interviews was nowhere to be found. Chicago Police Detective James Sherlock could have left the records center without the folder and cruised into retirement, and no one would have noticed. Instead, he tucked the envelope under his arm and carried it outside