San Francisco, 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge nears completion. The man behind the engineering marvel, Joseph Strauss, is assaulted. Who would want him harmed and why? Fearing negative publicity, he shuns the press and the police in favor of a private investigator.

Walt Tolliday is a tough-luck detective moonlighting as a bouncer at a Chinatown lounge. He’s in a difficult marriage to a Chinese-American girl, he struggles to support their baby, and his brother leads a secret double life.

Tolliday is hired to protect Strauss. But the lead engineer has many enemies, some closer at hand than expected, and as the attacks continue Tolliday is engulfed in a fog of political and business intrigue.

Part noir detective novel and part historical fiction, The Dangers of Fog examines San Francisco not in black and white but in misty shades of gray.