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The Night Gardener is a 2006 crime novel by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington, DC and focuses on homicide detective Gus Ramone, and ex-cops Dan "Doc" Holiday and TC Cook as they investigate the possible return of a serial killer.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- George P. Pelecanos
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio, Sound Library, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- German, Spanish, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780752875415
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“El escenario del crimen se encontraba entre las calles Treinta y tres y E, al borde de Fort Dupont Park, en un barrio conocido como Greenway, en la secci6n del Distrito Seisde Southeast D.C.”
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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