1. Plot introduction

2. References

Shame the Devil is a 2000 crime novel written by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on a botched robbery and its consequences. It is the last of four books comprising the D.C. Quartet. The other books in this series are The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, and The Sweet Forever.

Plot introduction

Two ruthless killers head into a pizza place to rob the joint while one of the men's brother waits in the car. The robbery goes wrong and the men kill the restaurant's employees. The robber in the getaway car is killed by a cop and the robbers hit a little boy in their escape.

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 at, "The Spot" where he is bar tender. Meanwhile, the robbers are plotting revenge. It all leads up to a showdown of good versus evil.^[1][2]

References

• The First Ride of Wyatt Earp
• The First Rizal Monument
• The first rock and roll record
• The First Rule
• The first Russian circumnavigation
• The First School of Modern SkyFlying
• The first serbian uprising
• The First Set
• The First (Shinee album)
• The First Six
• The First Snow of Winter
• The First Sontarans
• The First Stone (Rebus)
• The First Stone (TV programme)
• The First Store (The Jeffersons)
• The First Ten Years
• The First Ten Years (B)
• The First Ten Years (Box set)
• The First Ten Years (box set)
• The First Ten Years (disambiguation)
• The First Ten Years (Gabin album)
• The First Ten Years (Iron Maiden album)
• The First Ten Years (Iron Maiden boxed set)
• The First Ten Years (Shawn Mullins album)
• The First Ten Years (VHS)