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."