Episode 7: The Hand-Off. Silk and Smoke, #2

Rain turns the alley into a ledger-every footprint, every brass, every lie. Jack Colder and Sloane stage a midnight swap behind a red-light club: her sister Alina for a hard case of cash. Kozlov doesn't show-he sends the accountant and a heavy with umbrellas, manners, and the wrong kind of confidence. One clatter of keys and the hand-off explodes. Suppressed shots. A controlled retreat. No bodies, by design.
The case snaps wider when the payoff includes a drive labeled with Sloane's voice-clean audio of deals she never meant anyone to keep. Kozlov isn't just moving guns; he's inventorying people. Now Sloane has her sister, Kozlov has leverage, and Colder has a line straight into the man who thinks he "hired" him. The Hand-Off escalates Case 2: The Double Agent with a surgical rescue, a blackmail vault in the making, and a PI who smiles when the fire gets hotter.
To clear the board, Colder will have to play close. Sloane intends to steal from everyone who thinks they're in charge. Fans of steamy PI noir, international crime, and high-tension alley ops will find the pulse here-tight quarters, sharp dialogue, and choices that burn.