The Night Gardener

The Night Gardener

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Synopsis

They never found the killer. All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. Three victims in all, with no link between them except a oddity of their names. They read the same back-to-front - Otto, Ava and lastly Eve. A lot has happened in the twenty years since. Detectives Gus Ramone and Dan Holiday - two of the leads on the case - have pursued very different paths. Gus has climbed to the heights of Detective Sergeant and built himself a reputation as a very good cop, whilst Dan has been drummed out of the force - his sleaze finally getting too much for his superiors. However, their paths are about to cross again. A boy named Asa - a close friend of Gus's teenage son - has been found in the public park, his skull shattered by gunfire. Now it seems that both men are once again in the path of this disturbed serial killer. THE NIGHT GARDENER is George Pelecanos's stunning new crime thriller - the story of two very different men united by the maliciousness of a deadly attacker.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Export Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 10 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0752875949
ISBN 13: 9780752875941
Book Overview: George Pelecanos becomes more successful with every book. His sales are increasing nearly as fast as the amount of positive coverage he gets for every new novel. 'Lean, stirring, knife-edged... DRAMA CITY transports the reader directly into its characters' struggles and gives a visceral sense of each little challenge or victory.' New York Times 'Pelecanos displays a ferocious understanding of street reality and an empathy for America's downtrodden' Guardian As ever, the genius is in the characters that George creates, you see their world from their point of view, a world in which there are no simple answers.

Author Bio
George Pelecanos lives in Washington D.C. with his wife and children. He also manages Circle Films, an independent production company responsible for such films as the Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink.