Blood in the Wind Book Three of The Velvet Noir Files Chicago, 1934. The city is split down the middle — Vince Carrow’s empire on the South Side, Kessler’s muscle on the West, and whispers that Gray is still alive, watching from the shadows. Jack Calloway should be on a train out, leaving the Havana shell and all its bloody history behind. But Ruby’s still here — and she’s holding the key to ending the war for good. When Vince’s push to crush Kessler ignites an all-out street battle, Jack and Ruby make their move: steal Vince’s master ledger, the book of every debt, bribe, and betrayal in Chicago. If they can trade it for the shell, they might wipe the board clean. But the city doesn’t forgive and it doesn’t forget. Gray, Kessler, and Vince all have their sights on the same prize, and in a world where every alliance is temporary, Jack will have to decide if survival is worth the cost of losing Ruby forever. Blood in the Wind is the explosive finale to The Velvet Noir Files trilogy — a razor-sharp noir of shifting loyalties, dangerous romance, and one last roll of the dice in a city where the wind always smells like trouble. When the smoke clears, only one name will be left standing.