Stefanos looked out across the water. “Karras and the Italos…sure, I know what happened. Those two, they didn’t know enough to get off the bus.”
“What?”
“Nothin’. It’s just a story.” Stefanos stood straight. “C’mon, let’s take a little walk around the speedway, re. That okay with you?”
“Me?” said Costa. “I don’t give a damn nothing.”
Nick Stefanos picked up the boy, who was also named Nick Stefanos, and the three of them walked over the lush green grass, passing a Negro couple who sat together, their arms intertwined, in the shade of a flowering tree.
About the Author
GEORGE P. PELECANOS was born in Washington, D.C., in 1957. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he held a variety of jobs, including electronics salesman, bartender, shoe salesman, and construction worker, before getting involved in the film industry. He recently finished producing his first feature film, Caught. In 1992, he published his first Nick Stefanos mystery novel, A Firing Offense, and has subsequently published two other mysteries—Nick’s Trip and Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go—as well as one crime novel, Shoedog. He now lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife, Emily, and their two sons, Nicholas and Peter.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Description
Praise
More Books
Dedication
Copyright
Introduction
PROLOGUE
ONE Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
TWO Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
THREE Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
FOUR Chapter 15
FIVE Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
SIX Chapter 41
About the Author
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