Milwaukee, 1948. Joe Sonntag, ace investigator for the police department, faces a riddle: a lovely young woman is found dead at the zoo, near the lion cages, lying in a bed of ferns. She has been care
A church potluck dinner. A sudden, shocking murder right after the pastor says grace. Lieutenant Joe Sonntag is a horrified witness. Sonntag heads the police investigations bureau in mid-century Milwa
A violent strike; murder at the factory gates.Milwaukee, 1949. There's labor turmoil in Beer City. Joe Sonntag gets called to the strike-bound West Allis tractor factory, where a temporary employee ha
