A Firing Offense

As the advertising director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics business. Blow-out sales and shady deals were his life. When one of the stockboys disappears, it's not news: just another metalhead who went off chasing some dream of big money and easy living. But the kid reminded Nick of himself twelve years ago: an angry punk hooked on speed metal and the fast life. So when the boy's grandfather begs Nick to find the kid, Nick says he'll try. A Firing Offense, Nick Stefanos' debut, shows why, as Barry Gifford puts it, 'To miss out on Pelecanos would be criminal.' 'A contemporary classic... A Firing Offense is full of virtuoso scenes of imaginative sex and substance abuse, suspenseful action, and brooding meditation on a newly lost generation' Washington Post 'George Pelecanos has broken with tradition in so many ways, it feels as if he has launched a category of his own...here is your first turn-of-the-century crime writer' Charlie Gillett 'Pelecanos puts together a slam-bang climax that contains all the requisite elements action, tragedy, victory, and random death. It's a terrific start for a quality series' Mostly Murder