Weeklys been framed by Lewis Solomon, the power behind New Yorks construction boom, but the king of the hill has built his empire on a mound of corpses, including union attorney Kenneth Clarke and theater director Iris Allen, and Blacksad must take out their killer before he can take down Solomon. But with Weekly in stir and cops on his heels, the feline detective is minus an allyand the sudden reappearance of his lost love Alma promises a dangerous distraction as he seeks to uncover the truth.