Books by George Pelecanos

Gus Ramone is "good police," a former Internal Affairs investigator now working homicide for the city's Violent Crime branch. His new case involves the death of a local teenager named Asa whose body has been found in a local community garden. The murder unearths intense memories of a case Ramone worked as a patrol cop twenty years earlier, when he and his partner, Dan "Doc" Holiday, assisted a legendary detective named T. C. Cook. The series of murders, all involving local teenage victims, was never solved. In the years since, Holiday has left the force under a cloud of morals charges, and now finds work as a bodyguard and driver. Cook has retired, but he has never stopped agonizing about the "Night Gardener" killings.The new case draws the three men together on a grim mission to finish the work that has haunted them for years. All the love, regret, and anger that once burned between them comes rushing back, and old ghosts walk once more as the men try to lay to rest the monster who has stalked their dreams. Bigger and even more unstoppable than his previous thrillers, George Pelecanos achieves in The Night Gardener what his brilliant career has been building toward: a novel that is a perfect union of suspense, character, and unstoppable fate.

World-class crime-writing with all the depth and satisfaction of a quality box-set from the award-winning producer and writer of THE DEUCE and THE WIRE.

A brand-new collection of stories from one of America's hottest crime writers.

Every man has his dark side... Spero Lucas confronts his own in an explosive thriller from the writer of the award-winning THE WIRE.

A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.

The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.

A stylish and gripping crime novel from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.

The first in a stunning action-packed series from the writer of THE WIRE.

How far will a father go to save his son? A page-turning story of rebellion, greed, and the high price of a second chance from 'one of the finest crime writers in America' THE TIMES.

A brilliant novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers...

A young woman is brutally murdered and PIs Strange and Quinn are forced to confront their own part in the crime . . .

A great novel from one of America's finest literary crime writers...

A fatal shooting that strikes too close to home leaves PI Derek Strange determined to find the killer - whatever the cost. From one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.

The first in the excellent Strange and Quinn series from 'The coolest writer in America' GQ.

'This is a wonderful powerful novel that deserves to win an Oscar' TIME OUT

The stunning crime thriller from one of the writers of THE WIRE.

Derek Strange er privatdetektiv i Washington D.C. Han er sort, tidligere politimand og bundhæderlig. Han ved godt, at der er sager, han måske skal holde sig fra, men indimellem tager han dem alligevel, når hans gode hjerte løber af med ham. Det sker, da han hyres til at kigge nærmere på en sort betjents tragiske død.Christopher Wilson blev skudt ned af en hvid betjent under en temmelig forvirret politiaktion en sen aften. Wilsons mor vil have Strange til at undersøge sagen, fordi hun vil have sin søn renset for de efterfølgende anklager om alkoholmisbrug og uansvarlighed. Da Strange kigger nærmere på sagen, får han uventet hjælp fra den mand, der skød Wilson, den irske eksbetjent Terry Quinn. De arbejder forbløffende godt sammen og får i løbet af efterforskningen indblik i den uhyggelige virkelighed, der hersker i Washington D.C.'s underverden, hvor både politiet og de kriminelle opererer efter deres egne hemmelige regler, og hvor menneskeliv tæller mindre end kontanter, hårde stoffer og alle de andre former for betalingsmidler, der florerer i de kredse.George P. Pelecanos har skrevet elleve kriminalromaner og introduceres nu på dansk med sin serie om privatdetektiven Derek Strange. Pelecanos er født i Washington D.C. i 1957. Han har arbejdet som både bartender, bygningsarbejder og butiksassistent, uafhængig filmproducent og journalist, inden han blev krimiforfatter. Alle hans romaner foregår i eller omkring Washington D.C., og blandt anmeldere bliver han kaldt Washingtons Zola. Flere af hans romaner er prisbelønnede, og mange af dem er oversat til en lang række sprog.