Nick's Trip

In this superbly crafted DC noir, hard-drinking Nick Stefanos is hired to find a friend's missing wife — if he doesn't hit rock bottom first. 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. Discover the early work of the Emmy-nominated writer from The Wire and The Deuce , whose authentic sense of place, sharp musical references, and hardboiled style make him one of the most acclaimed in the mystery genre. "After his "promising" (Kirkus Reviews) debut novel, A Firing Offense, George Pelecanos has come into his own with this complex and powerful new novel of virtue and betrayal."--BOOK JACKET. "Nick Stefanos, having earned his p.i. license, quickly discovers that snapping photos of unfaithful husbands isn't his thing. Tending bar at the Spot, Nick is closing one night when his high school friend Billy Goodrich shows up. Billy's wife is gone. Nick says he'll find her."--BOOK JACKET. "And with that first step, Nick sets out on a one-way path that'll take him through a sewer of theft and intrigue and love."--BOOK JACKET.