A stylish and gripping crime novel from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.
A stylish and gripping crime novel from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.
Part-time PI Nick Stefanos doesn't tail wives anymore. But when a childhood friend steps into Nick's bar after 15 years and asks for help locating his wife April, he feels obliged to do some digging.
After a visit to the small-time crime boss with whom April was supposedly having an affair, Nick realises there is far more to this story than a missing wife. There is missing money. Lots of it. And some very powerful enemies. . .“To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal”
Perhaps the greatest living crime writer Stephen King
Barry Gifford
Pelecanos is incapable of writing a book that isn't gripping THE TIMES
As with all Pelecanos's best novels, an air of melancholy, guilt and regret pervades this rewarding tale BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
George Pelecanos is an independent-film producer, an essayist, the recipient of numerous international writing awards, a producer and an EMMY-nominated writer on the HBO hit series THE WIRE. He is the author of a bestselling series of novels set in and around Washington, DC, including HARD REVOLUTION, DRAMA CITY and WHAT IT WAS. He is currently a writer and producer for the acclaimed HBO series TREME. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.
Part-time PI Nick Stefanos doesn't tail wives anymore. But when a childhood friend steps into Nick's bar after 15 years and asks for help locating his wife April, he feels obliged to do some digging.After a visit to the small-time crime boss with whom April was supposedly having an affair, Nick realises there is far more to this story than a missing wife. There is missing money. Lots of it. And some very powerful enemies. . .
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