by George Pelecanos (Author)
Derek Strange and Terry Quinn are ex-cops turned private detectives in Washington, D.C. Hired to investigate the death of an off-duty black police officer at the hands of a white policeman, Strange and Quinn are faced with the institutionalized racism of the nation's most poorly trained and dangerous police force, confront the degradation of the city's flourishing drug trade, and find themselves up against some of the most implacable, dead-eyed killers ever to grace the pages of a novel.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Orion
Published: 22 Feb 2001
ISBN 10: 0575071699
ISBN 13: 9780575071698
Book Overview: 'Not just a great crime writer but a great writer, period' -- The Times, on Shame the Devil 'For some time George P. Pelecanos has been the best-kept secret in crime fiction -- maybe all fiction. His stories have always been powerful tales of character and survival that grip the mind and the heart.' -- Michael Connelly 'One of the best crime novelists alive, George Pelecanos is an American original' -- Dennis Lehane King Suckerman was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.