What is the main conflict in The Wrong Case: A Novel by James Crumley?

The Wrong Case by James Crumley is the first in Crumley's Milo Milogovitch detective series. This novel finds Milo desperate for cases in his private detective firm after the change in state divorce laws. As Milo tries to decide how he might pay his bills that month, a woman walks into his office and asks Milo to find her brother. Milo sees the case as a dead end, but takes it because he needs the money and he is drawn to the woman. However, the case turns out to be much more complicated than even Milo could have imagined, dragging him into a drama that delves deep into the underbelly of the criminal world hidden in his beloved hometown. The Wrong Case is a detective novel that harkens back to the days of Hammett, leaving the readers begging for more.