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In this epic showdown from the writer of the award-winning US crime series, The Wire, police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer through a city erupting with rage. Derek Strange is a rookie cop, the job he's dreamed of since he was a boy. His brother, Dennis, has not been as fortunate; home from the service with a disability pension and zero prospects, he is a man with good intentions but bad habits. Derek has always looked out for Dennis, but no amount of brotherly love can save him from the dangerous world of Alvin Jones, a local bottom-feeder, hustler, and stone killer who draws him into his web of violence. While the rookie cop navigates the rocky terrain of a city in turmoil, a family in crisis, and his love for a woman he has driven away, Frank Vaughn, a cop at the opposite end of his career, investigates the vicious hit-and-run of a young black man. Vaughn's personal life is a shambles, but he's good police; he pursues the killers with sharklike intent. Meanwhile, in Memphis, a prophet is murdered, igniting a volcanic chain of events that will leave the nation's capital burned, divided, and decimated, forever changing the lives of its working-class inhabitants. " George Pelecanos is] one of the best crime novelists alive" --Dennis Lehane?, #1 bestselling author of Shutter Island

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316099424
  • ISBN-10: 0316099422
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks
  • Publish Date: March 2011
  • Dimensions: 8.91 x 6.56 x 1.07 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.77 pounds
  • Page Count: 400

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