"Former high school buddies Frank, Swaino and Packie--now past their prime--meet off-hours one night in Frank's out-of-the-way repair shop under cloudy circumstances that only Frank seems to have a handle on. As Frank breaks out the good Scotch, he kicks into motion an evening that abruptly accelerates from macho posturing and grievance airing to reveal a shocking, darker purpose: Enter Chad, a preppy college jock, whose arrival--to sell the townies some Ecstasy, he thinks--sets this taut, twisty, comic thriller on its breathless course"--P. 4 of cover.