In the year 1940, World War I veteran and private detective, Teddy Glass, is given a fairly easy assignment. An old Finnish soldier hires the gumshoe to track down the wife and daughter of an old Ukrainian friend, so he can deliver the man's dying message. Unfortunately, the job turns out to be anything but easy as Teddy soon crosses paths with gangsters, spies, Nazis, left-wing militants, and members of various law enforcement agencies. All of them seem to want something from these Ukrainian women. Things get worse when the bodies start turning up, and Teddy is left to decide how much he is willing to compromise to see justice done. Baltimore City is a throwback to the classic hard-boiled detective and noir novels made popular by authors like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Rex Stout, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Ross MacDonald. Timothy Adams delivers a fast-paced novel filled with the suspense and witty dialogue that makes the classic genre great. Baltimore City is a page turner that will not disappoint fans.