The other books in this series are The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, and The Sweet Forever.

[1] Two ruthless killers head into a pizza place to rob the joint while one of the men's brother waits in the car.

The novel jumps forward two and a half years and introduces the character of Dimitri Karras, the father of the young boy.

He attends grief counseling sessions with the family members of those who were killed that day.

Karras begins to get used to living again when his friend, Nick Stefanos sets him up with a job as a bartender at "The Spot".