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 Tulsa, an innocent mother is viciously murdered with a butcher knife. While in Atlanta, a beloved patriarch is gunned down when a game of dominoes turns deadly.

When a young man is shot to death at a motel party, Tulsa Detective Justin Ritter discovers a photo posted on Facebook may have triggered a dangerous chain of events.

When a young mother is found naked and strangled in her car, Tulsa Detective John Brown uncovers a dark obsession that may have turned deadly leading to the incident.

When a shootout in an Atlanta rap studio leaves two men dead, detectives discover a vengeful motive.

In Tulsa, a young mother of four is found shot on the side of the road. Detectives' only clue is a photograph she took just moments before her murder.

New Orleans detective trails killer after new father's brutal shooting.

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.

In this episode of The First 48, in Atlanta, a caretaker is gunned down over a grudge. And in Tulsa, a young man loses his life when a bully goes too far.