Chicago’s summer heat is brutal, but it’s nothing compared to the firestorm Black walks into when Parker Harris, his old partner, returns from a long stint in prison. Black thinks they’ll pick up where they left off with the Love Detective Agency—Parker’s brainchild, after all. But Parker’s got other plans. He’s traded the detective game for a bounty hunter’s badge, working under the infamous Cocaine, a woman as dangerous as her name.
 
Black lets Parker go with his cut and a reluctant nod, but the split doesn’t stay clean. When Black’s latest case—a missing fugitive with ties to the Romano crime family—crosses paths with Parker and Cocaine’s hunt, things get messy fast. Cassie Day, a desperate music exec, hires Black to find her brother, Aurelio, before the cops, the Romanos, or Cocaine can close in. The bounty’s big, the stakes are bigger, and the clock is ticking.
 
Black’s caught in a deadly triangle: Parker’s loyalty, Cocaine’s wrath, and his own race to clear Aurelio’s name for murder before it’s too late. Can he outmaneuver them all, save Aurelio, and survive the fallout?
 
“Cocaine After Midnight” is a gritty, fast-paced ride through the underbelly of Chicago, where trust is a luxury and betrayal is currency.