by George Pelecanos (Author)
A FIRING OFFENSE - Nick Stefanos, an aging salesman for Nutty Nathan's electronics, risks his already shaky position at work to locate the stockboy who has suddenly been declared missing. NICK'S TRIP - An old high-school friend drags Nick Stefanos into a complex and deadly conspiracy involving drugs, theft, intrigue, and murder. DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE DEAD MEN GO - Sleeping off a night of drinking in a public park, Nick Stefanos is awakened by a dull plopping sound and a quiet splash that turn out to be the murder of Calvin Jetter, and the beginning of a grim investigation.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Dec 2002
ISBN 10: 0752851098
ISBN 13: 9780752851099
Book Overview: KING SUCKERMAN was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 'For some time George P. Pelecanos has been the best kept secret in crime fiction - maybe all fiction.' Michael Connelly An author with a growing cult following, ripe to burst into the mainstream of American crime. 'Pelecanos gets better with each book. His understanding of his characters, and his compassion for even the most vicious, bring depth and warmth to an otherwise bleak story of life and death in Washington's black ghettos. This is crime writing of great quality.' TELEGRAPH