Hit on All Sixes

When a classified CIA experiment snaps like a bad alibi, 1920s private investigator Flat Flanagan is ripped out of his smoke soaked era and dumped into the 21st century. The jazz is gone. The streets glow with screens. The lies are faster now. Meaner too. With no road back to his own time, Flat is offered a deal by CIA Director Gresson. Become the Agency’s last private eye. No badge. No backup. Just instincts sharpened in an age where men looked you in the eye before they ruined you... And the timing could not be worse. America is choking on the heat of a brutal election, and leading the polls is Mr. Beckdette, a polished mob boss who treats democracy like a casino floor. Every speech is a bluff. Every promise is a stacked deck. Beneath the smiles and handshakes, Beckdette is maneuvering the world toward something far deadlier than corruption. One wrong move and political games turn into nuclear fallout. Flat knows crooked men. He’s chased them through rain soaked alleys and watched them fold under bare bulbs. But this era plays dirty in ways he never learned, and the clock is always ticking. Armed with old school gumshoe tactics, noir grit, and a stubborn refusal to let the house win, Flat must uncover the truth before Beckdette cashes in everything. Because in this game, the final hand doesn’t just decide a presidency. It decides whether the world walks away from the table at all.