A FIRING OFFENSE Nick Stefanos, an aging salesman for Nutty Nathan's electronics, risks his already shaky position at work to locate the stockboy who has suddenly been declared missing. NICK'S TRIP An old high school friend drags Nick Stefanos into a complex and deadly conspiracy involving drugs, theft, intrigue, and murder. DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE DEAD MEN GO Sleeping off a night of drinking in a public park, Nick Stefanos is awakened by a dull plopping sound and a quiet splash that turn out to be the murder of Calvin Jetter, and the beginning of a grim investigation.