Shame the Devil

George P. Pelecanos

Dell Publishing, 2001 - Fiction - 384 pages

The boys are back in town

Frank Farrow is a natural-born killer. Roman Otis is a fine-looking crooner who does his killing on the side. On a hot D.C. afternoon Frank and Roman hit a pizza shop called May's. When the hit was over, four people were executed. A cop was shot. A boy was dead. And when the sirens stopped wailing and the killers vanished into the heat, dozens of lives were shattered forever.

Now it's three years later, and Dimitri Karras, who lost a son, is starting to live again. But Dimitri's old acquaintance, a P.I. named Nick Stefanos, has just unburied the past--by discovering the killers' identity. Suddenly the second act of a crime story is about to be told. Because the May's pizza parlor killers are coming back into town: where they'll be greeted with open arms, broken hearts, and at least one loaded gun.

What people are saying

Review: Shame the Devil (DC Quartet #4)

User Review  - Kelly Stewart - Goodreads

Excellent. It was a little weird at first to read a Nick Stefanos novel in the third person after the first three in the first, but the story was great. Was able to get to know some other great characters that way too. I hope to see them all again soon.

Review: Shame the Devil (DC Quartet #4)

User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

The boys are back in town Frank Farrow is a natural-born killer. Roman Otis is a fine-looking crooner who does his killing on the side. On a hot DC afternoon Frank and Roman hit a pizza shop called ...

About the author

George P. Pelecanos is the author of seven other novels: The Sweet Forever, King Suckerman, The Big Blowdown, Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, Shoedog, Nick's Trip, and A Firing Offense. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Shame the Devil; A Dell book
• Author: George P. Pelecanos
• Edition: reissue
• Publisher: Dell Publishing, 2001
• ISBN: 0440236355, 9780440236351
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense