About the book: 1938 / District Attorney Doug Selby interrogated a young man who forged a bank check for a small amount. He said that, in general, he was an honest person, but he urgently needed to cover a gambling debt. Selby became interested: after all, gambling was illegal in his district. The young man said that in Trigs’s establishment, where wealthy young people like to gather, there is often a big game with the participation of some professional from Los Angeles. Here the prosecutor became even more interested. Of course - after all, right under his nose, it turns out that a pro “katala” is working! And Selby visited this seedy place. But he could not even imagine how his official interest in illegal games would turn out...