George Pelecanos

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...

Nick's Trip

George P. Pelecanos

Nick Stefanos has given up his job in sales to tend bar at the Spot, where drinks and women are both a bit too easily available, and the routine is starting to feel as dead-end as his last gig. But things are about to change. First, his high-school friend Billy Goodrich asks him to find his wife April, who he says left him for small-time crime boss Joey DiGeordano. In fact, April has taken off with hog farmer/bondage freak Tommy Crane and, it turns out, with $200,000 of DiGeordano family money. There are powerful enemies on her trail -- and now on Nick's trail, too.

Melody Izard

These are growing on me. How much badder can you get than a bondage loving pig farmer with a lean toward snuff films? And Nick comes through with his Ol' Gran Dad drinking, one-eyed-cat-loving self.

Nick's Trip

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