George P Pelecanos - Böcker

After World War II, two boys find work by providing muscle for the local boss, with one teaching the other how to be tougher on immigrants. When the boss assigns them a protection job, the buddies face off again. But this time they learn the true ...

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On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty-five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But...

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Every man has his dark side . . . Spero Lucas confronts his own in the most explosive thriller yet from one of America's best-loved crime writers. The job seems simple enough: retrieve the valuable painting -- "The Double" -- Grace Kinka...

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Crime fiction writer George Pelecanos introduces Spero Lucas, an anti-hero making his place in the world one battle at a time. Includes a bonus work of short fiction focusing on Spero's early life. Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he retu...

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Originally published: St. Martin's Press, 1993.

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As the advertising director of Nutty Nathan's, Nick Stefanos knows all the tricks of the electronics business. Blow-out sales and shady deals were his life. When one of the stockboys disappears, it's not news: just another metalhead who went off c...

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"You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man." Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash. In his third appearance in George Pelecanos's acclaimed series, Nick Stefanos has been spending too much time with bad women and bad bo...

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A Washington, D.C., crime lord fights for his life in court while P.I. Derek Strange finds a woman whose testimony could mean death or freedom for the crime lord.

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In this epic showdown from "one of the best crime novelists alive" (Dennis Lehane), police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer through a city erupting with rage. "Mr. Pelecanos's uniqueness comes from his bravery in ignoring the conce...

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Washington, D.C., 1972. Derek Strange has left the police department and set up shop as a private investigator. His former partner, Frank "Hound Dog" Vaughn, is still on the force. When a young woman comes to Strange asking for his help ...

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Every man has his dark side...Spero Lucas confronts his own in the most explosive thriller yet from one of America's best-loved crime writers. The job seems simple enough: retrieve the valuable painting--"The Double"--Grace Kinkaid's ex-boyfriend ...

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From the bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer behind HBO's  We Own This City:  a "gripping, surprisingly soulful" mystery about an ex-offender who must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him an...

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Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity, from esteemed crime fiction writer George Pelecanos; "Like his hero Elmore Leonard, Pelecanos finds the humanity in the lowest of lowlifes." ( Chicago ...

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Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their debut in "Right As Rain, " are hired to find a teenager turned prostitute and enter their most dangerous territory ever.

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Peter Karras und seine Freunde sind in den ärmlichen Verhältnissen griechischer Einwanderer aufgewachsen. Und sie haben gelernt, sich in der Welt der Gangs zu behaupten, in der das Blutvergießen zum Tagesgeschäft gehört -...

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Lorenzo Brown, villkorligt frigiven efter att ha åkt dit för langning, är stolt över sitt jobb som inspektör för Djurskyddsföreningen. Han åker runt i Washingtons slum och letar efter misskötta hundar - utsvultna, smutsiga eller tränade att döda. ...

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En mördad tonåring som hittas i en av Washingtons koloniträdgårdar väcker ett gammalt fal till liv i kriminalinspektör Gus Ramones minne. Som nyutexaminerad polis arbetade han och hans kollega Doc Holiday tillsammans med den legendariska kriminala...

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Svarta själar fortsätter där Ett djävulskt pris (2003) slutade. Derek Strange och Terry Quinn åtar sig nya uppdrag, men dras denna gång in i fall som får ödesdigra konsekvenser även för dem personligen. Derek Strange anlitas av den inflytelserika ...

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Året är 1968. Derek Strange har nyss blivit polis, jobbet han drömt om ända sedan barnsben. Men livet är ändå inte okomplicerat: kvinnan han älskar har lämnat honom och hans bror Dennis har nyligen kommit hem som krigsinvalid. Medan Dennis dras in...

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Christopher Wilson, en svart polisman i civila kläder, har i samband med en förvirrad situation på gatan skjutits ihjäl av en vit polisman. Wilsons mor, Leona, söker upp privatdetektiven Derek Strange för att återupprätta sin döde sons heder. Ren ...

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Privatdetektiven Derek Strange och hans frilansmedhjälpare Terry Quinn anlitas för att hitta en 14-årig flicka som har rymt hemifrån. Att finna henne visar sig vara lätt: hon har prostituerat sig i ett av Washington D.C.:s brutalaste slumområden. ...

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