What it Was by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars When Derek Strange is hired to find a missing ring, he has no idea what he's...

The Turnaround by George Pelecanos My rating: 3 of 5 stars Way back in 1972, three white boys drove into the black part of town with an ...

The Way Home by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Chris Flynn is a troubled youth from DC and after some brushes with the law, fi...

The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos My rating: 3 of 5 stars In the bygone age of 1985, detective TC Cooke, with young cops Gus Ramone...

Drama City by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lorenzo Brown, dog catcher and ex-con, struggles to keep from falling back into h...

Shoedog by George Pelecanos My rating: 3 of 5 stars A drifter named Constantine winds up back in DC after more than a decade of drifting...

Hard Revolution: A Derek Strange Novel by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Strange brothers grow up in Washington DC in the ...

Soul Circus: A Derek Strange Novel by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Derek Strange is hired to find evidence to keep Granville...

Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Strange and Quinn take on two cases, one of a runaway turned prostitute and the ...

Right as Rain by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars A white cop kills an off-duty black cop and the black cop's mother hires D...

Shame the Devil by George Pelecanos My rating: 5 of 5 stars When a pizza shop robbery takes a violent turn, the thieves are never caught...

The Sweet Forever: A Novel by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars A drug runner's car crashes outside of Marcus Clay's reco...

The Double by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars While trying to clear a man for the murder of his mistress, Spero Lucas takes on ...

The Big Blowdown by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Joe Recevo and Pete Karras were friends since they were kids, until their b...

Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go by George Pelecanos My rating: 5 of 5 stars When a drunken bender sees Nick Stefanos stumble upo...

Nick's Trip by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Whe a high school friend of Nick's hires him to find his missing wife, N...

A Firing Offense by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars When an old man that knew his grandfather asks Nick Stefanos to find his mi...

King Suckerman by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars It's 1976 and everyone's talking about King Suckerman, the new blaxpl...

The Cut by George Pelecanos My rating: 4 of 5 stars When an imprisoned drug dealer hires Spero Lucas to find out who's been stealing...