Pelecanos, master of contemporary noir, introduces a new series hero: Derek Strange, a 50-ish African-American private eye. Strange is hired to investigate possible shady dealings on the Washington, D.C. police force, centering around...

SOUL CIRCUS starts with a rented gun and moves into the vacuum created by the imprisonment of a D.C. crime lord. Two young dealers are fighting for the now unclaimed territory, prestige, and millions of dollars in future profits. Now ...

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right as Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute. ...