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George P Pelecanos
Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity; "Every time I read one of George Pelecanos's novels, I'm left a little awed."(Dennis Lehane) When the son…
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Michael Hudson has just been released from prison, thanks to the words of a manipulated witness. But the prison librarian has made Michael a better man. Is turning over a…
George P. Pelecanos
Marcus Clay and Dimitri Karras square off against drug lords and racists on the crime-ridden streets of the nation’s capital in the midst of the 1980s.
Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a teenager turned prostitute and enter their most…
The first in a stunning action-packed series from the writer of THE WIRE.
Originally published: St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.
Originally published in hardback by St. Martins’ Press, 1995.
Washington, D.C., 1972. Derek Strange has left the police department to become a private investigator. His former partner, Frank Hound Dog Vaughn, is still on the force. When a young…
In yet another gem of urban noir, the bestselling author and writer for the award-winning HBO hit The Wire explores the possibility of making the turnaround, of starting over and…
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It’s been 20 years since three teenagers were killed and their abused bodies were left in public parks. The case was never solved, but the two lead detectives in the…
First published: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Two brothers–rookie police officer Derek Strange and his older brother Dennis, a troubled Vietnam Veteran–become caught up in the riots engulfing Washington, D.C., in the wake of the assassination of…
Marcus Clay is plunged into the middle of a war when a car crashes near his downtown record store. A drug runner is decapitated, and a bystander snatches a bag…
Working as a private investigator after losing his leg in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike takes the case of a legendary supermodel’s suspicious suicide and finds himself in a world of multi-millionaire…
In the summer of 1976, Clay and Kattas stumble onto a drug deal gone bad and end up with a heap of money that is not theirs, but when the…
A rising star of American crime fiction with a novel that has all the violence and strange originality of a Coen Brothers movie
In the midst of a brutal courtroom battle during which a Washington, D.C., crime overlord faces the death penalty and his rivals vie for his territory, private investigator Derek Strange…
In this blistering and soulful novel of the D.C. underworld, an ex-con finds himself caught between the light and the dark sides of the street after a malevolent young killer…
Includes an interview with the author and a reading group guide.
Constantine is a drifter, a man with a lot of miles behind him and a lot more ahead and a number of jobs in between that never showed up on…
Michael Hudson just got out of jail. Although he was not behind bars for a long time, he never wants to go back. The only thing he will miss is…
Several restaurant workers are murdered by a robber, whose brother is killed by police during the chaotic event. As everyone struggles to heal after the incident, the gunman is determined…
