Dion Graham

Short stories and a novella from one of crime fiction's most revered writers.
Whether they're cops or conmen, savage killers or creative types, gangsters or God-fearing citizens, George Pelecanos' characters are always engaged in a fight for their lives. They fight to advance or simply to survive; they fight against odds, against enemies, even against themselves. In this, his first collection of stories, the acclaimed novelist introduces...

Crime fiction writer George Pelecanos introduces Spero Lucas, an anti-hero making his place in the world one battle at a time. Includes a bonus work of short fiction focusing on Spero's early life.
Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home to Washington, D.C. after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He's good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions...

In Tulsa, a young mother of four is found shot on the side of the road. Detectives' only clue is a photograph she took just moments before her murder.

In Tulsa, a man is murdered in front of his fiancee.

In Atlanta, a woman is found dead in a garbage can, and a young man is ambushed by neighborhood bullies.

In Tulsa, Detective Leatherman tracks a sadistic killer who murdered the brother of a man who stole his truck.

In Atlanta, after his mother reports him missing, a man is found dead, naked and shot twice in his bedroom.

In Atlanta, a stranger guns down a new father in a parking lot. In Gwinnett County, a man is stabbed more than 20 times when someone he trusts turns against him.

In Tulsa, a high-school football player is gunned down when his friends make a dangerous decision.

Homeless man's shooting leads to discovery of petty motive.