- Drug traffic, Derek Strange (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators
A Washington, D.C., crime lord is fighting for his life in court. Two younger dealers are fighting for his territory, prestige, and millions of dollars in future profits. Menawhile, there is a woman whose testimony could mean death or freedom for the crime lord--and P.I. Derek Strange has to find a way to keep her alive.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- George P. Pelecanos
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 341
- Publisher
- Chivers Press, Orion Pub Co, Phoenix Press
- Editions
- 20
- Language
- English, Spanish, Dutch
- ISBN
- 9781590864029
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- Drug traffic
- Derek Strange (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery stories
- Private investigators
- Fiction
- African American detectives
- Thriller
- Washington (d.c.), fiction
- African americans, fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Private investigators, fiction
- Strange, derek (fictitious character), fiction
“THE chains binding Granville Oliver's wrist scraped the scarred surface of the table before him.”
Greek-American author. Many of his works are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer.
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