With a dress that red I should have seen the warning signs' What if Missy had never walked into his office and his life? And just what is that necklace she's after? Cynical Private Investigator Ham Spayde finds himself engulfed in a web of lies, psychos and Cisco's most wanted, as he does everything he can to stay one step ahead. Hard Talking, Hard drinking Spayde is the Anthropomorphic answer to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. And one more thing no one touches the fedora.