Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Rafferty's Rule 19: When you can't tell the bad guys from the good guys, it's time to get the hell out. It hurts to admit it, but Toby Wells played Rafferty like a bar-room fiddle, and Luis Ortega is dead. And while the cops know Rafferty didn't pull the trigger, that cold comfort won't stop him from looking for the sonofabitch who did. Only problem is, he's a little occupied right now trying to get the neighborhood vandals to lay off Thorney, Honeybutt's recalcitrant great-uncle. Plus, Ortega's past offers no clues as to why someone wanted him dead, and besides, Wells is nowhere to be found. Just when Rafferty thinks he's getting somewhere, the paint bombs on Thorney's porch escalate to rifle shots. It'd all make more sense if Rafferty could just work out who's behind the gun: Wells or someone else? Now he's got to keep Thorney alive, and find the shooter, too. Because whoever they are, they're still out there, still...