Nick's Trip the shadow

Nick's Trip the shadowIn this superbly crafted DC noir, hard drinking Nick Stefanos is hired to find a friend's missing wifeif he doesn't hit rock bottom first. Nick Stefanos has given up his job in sales to tend bar at the Spot, where drinks and women are both a bit too easily available, and the routine is starting to feel as dead end as his last gig. But things are about to change. First, his high school friend Billy Goodrich asks him to find his wife April, who he says

the Stones-along with wives

the two men are challenged in ways they never imagined

baseball fans look hungrily to the Orioles to bring new respect to their once-great city

And everywhere they talked

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I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him

the fates of five people are upended

if that's who she really is

It’s a case that seems to plagued by dead ends

" Garment engagingly tells of his boyhood as the child of immigrants

Dazzling in its scope and sweep