"I'd like to request a leave of absence, Captain."

"Naturally, if you're not feeling up to things . . ."

"A year's leave of absence, " Mickey said.

"What you're asking for is my blessing and the prestige of this department to see you through a private manhunt. You know I can't do that."

"Then I'm resigning from the force, Captain."

What else could he do? He'd just spent five months in the hospital because he'd been the only witness to a brutal murder.

And the victim was his own wife!