Shame The Devil

Description

Washington, D.C., 1995. What should have been a straightforward restaurant robbery goes horribly wrong. Several workers are shot in cold blood; the gunman's brother is killed by the police; a young boy is run over by a careering getaway car. Three years pass. Victims and their relatives gather in the aftermath, still trying to come to terms with their grief. But gunman Frank Farrow has other ideas. Now the heat has died down, he is on his way back to Washington, determined to avenge his lost brother - by killing everyone involved in his death.

Promotion info

Repackaged in startling new style alongside first paperback publication of HARD REVOLUTION Pelecanos was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 'He deserves to be listed among the best' OBSERVER 'SHAME THE DEVIL is a thriller that transcends genres and establishes Pelecanos as not just a great crime writer but as a great writer, period' THE TIMES 'Every bit as good as James Ellroy...Another classic, in a line of them' Uncut 'The leading contemporary exponent of the social realist tradition in crime...the villains are the best drawn since Elmore Leonard' Time Out Pelecanos manages an independent p

Author description

George Pelecanos is a screenwriter, independent film producer, award-winning journalist, and the author of a bestselling series of novels set in and around Washington DC, where he lives with his wife and children.