At a drunken party, a young girl's scream pierces the night. She is found in bed half-naked, her face covered in blood. Enigmatic loner Matt was with the victim earlier, and someone just saw him running from the house. Now he's disappeared, and the supposedly respectable townspeople want vengeance.

In Matt's warped mind, he's also entitled to some justice. His whole life has been building toward this moment.

One-time friend, Alan Grover, finds himself caught in the middle. He's the only one who can stop the town from blowing itself apart. But all Alan wants is for everything to get back to normal. No one likes a show-off, after all ...

'Show-Off' is Phil Redhead's debut novel - a cynical, noir-tinged drama set in the little streets of safe suburban conformity.