Dion Graham

Crime fiction writer George Pelecanos introduces Spero Lucas, an anti-hero making his place in the world one battle at a time. Includes a bonus work of short fiction focusing on Spero's early life.
Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home to Washington, D.C. after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He's good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions...

Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, get together for tea and conversation. They recount their similar stories fighting to win rights for women and African Americans.

In New Orleans, a man is executed in broad daylight, and Detective Ryan Vaught must battle fear and distrust on the street to identify the killer.

When a young mother and her friend are murdered in front of her children, Tulsa detectives hope a suspicious vehicle will lead them to the killer.

In this episode of The First 48, when a young man is found shot dead in his van, Tulsa Homicide retraces his final hours and gets caught up in a web of lies.

In New Orleans, when a man is robbed and shot multiple times on his payday, Detective Rob Barrere has a hunch this isn't just a random robbery gone wrong.

In Gwinnett County, a teenager is gunned down outside a nightclub when he winds up at the center of a gang feud.

In Tulsa, a young man goes missing, and in order to find him detectives must crack a family's code of silence.

In Tulsa, a young woman goes on the run when her boyfriend is murdered. In Atlanta, an army veteran is gunned down after helping a homeless man.

Homeless man's shooting leads to discovery of petty motive.