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An enthralling anthology of 20 CWA Dagger Award-shortlisted gripping and thrilling stories for the most hardened crime fan. Featuring bestselling authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler and Val McDermid. OVER TWENTY CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE...

Private investigator Derek Strange returns in a riveting drama about revenge, greed, and redemption—from bestselling author and Emmy-nominated writer for HBO’s The Wire and Treme, George Pelecanos. He was curious. It was the cop in him. That flame was still alive. The neon “Strange...

Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity. "Every time I read one of George Pelecanos's novels, I'm left a little awed." —Dennis Lehane, #1 bestselling author of Shutter Island When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home...

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 stole from her. It's the sort of thing Spero...

A thrilling collection of short stories and a novella from one of crime fiction's most revered writers. Whether they're cops or conmen, savage killers or creative types, gangsters or God-fearing citizens, George Pelecanos' characters are always engaged in a fight for their lives. They fight to...

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 returned home to Washington, D.C. after serving in...

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 another survivor is now out of prison, looking...

From bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer George Pelecanos comes the tale of an ex-offender who must choose between helping the man who got him out of prison and embracing a life with the woman who showed him another path. Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to...

In a hardboiled noir mystery by the creator of The Wire, a Washington, D.C. liquor store heist shows a drifter named Constantine what it means to be a shoedog—a tale that throbs with soul and pulsates with menace. "Haunting, gritty ... an exceptional, memorable book." —Booklist Constantine...

He was curious. It was the cop in him. That flame was still alive. The neon "Strange Investigations" sign may be flickering in disrepair outside his office, but private investigator Derek Strange is still accepting new cases. When a flashy drug lawyer hires him to prove an alibi for an accused...

Michael Hudson trascorre le lunghe giornate in carcere divorando libri che gli sono stati dati dalla bibliotecaria della prigione, una giovane donna di nome Anna che ha un debole per il suo miglior studente. In un luogo in cui è difficile trovare speranza, il potere dei libri può essere una luce nel buio. Ad alcuni detenuti, come Michael, il lavoro di Anna sta cambiando la vita. Legge avidamente i libri che lei gli passa finché viene improvvisamente rilasciato dopo che un detective privato ha manipolato un testimone nel suo processo.

Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories detailing the seedy underside of the nation's capital. This is not an anthology of ill-conceived and inauthentic political thrillers. Instead, in D.C. Noir, pimps, whores, gangsters, and con-men run rampant in zones of this city that most never hear about.

A brilliant novel about fathers and sons and the dangers of modern life. "[George Pelecanos] pushes the boundaries of crime writing into literary territory." —New York Times Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his father and nearly...

Anna Byrne is a jailhouse librarian. In a place where hope is hard to find, the power of books can be a light in the dark. For some of the prisoners, her work is life-changing. Like Michael Hudson, her best student, who's been locked up awaiting trial before his sudden release. He's relieved to be free - to 'come uptown', as they say - but can't shake the question: why is the witness who put him behind bars suddenly refusing to testify? There's a man who might have the answer, but he wants something first. 

EVER WONDER WHAT GOES ON IN THE MIND OF A DOG? Buster: A Dog is the story of one dog's lifelong journey, as told by Buster himself. Buster, a strong and proud boxer, spends his early days with a loving family in a public housing complex in Washington, DC. Abruptly, he is taken away by an abusive...

After the Carusos family home is destroyed by police with a no-knock warrant, the family struggle to return to normal. Two former inmates reunite on a TV set. They're both back on the straight and narrow...until one sees the potential for an easy grift. A teenage boy must step into the man he'd like to be as a hostage crisis grips his hometown. A woman adrift meets a man tied to her grandmother's past, and awakens to the bloody history of the place she grew up. Pelecanos' portraits are characterized by shades of grey, resisting the mold victims and perpetrators, good and evil.

Hidden beneath the floorboards in a house he's remodeling, Christopher Flynn discovers something very tempting-and troubling. Summoning every bit of maturity and every lesson he's learned the hard way, Chris leaves what he found where he found it and tells his job partner to forget it, too...

In this thrilling crime novel, homicide detective Gus Ramone is on the case for the potential murder of a local teen in a community garden—but the investigation slowly unearths dark memories of similar decades old cold cases. Gus Ramone is "good police," a former Internal Affairs investigator...

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...

A bold, brilliant tale of mystery, revenge, and survival in the 1980s—when cocaine and money ruled the city streets and even the good guys wanted a piece of the action. It's March madness and the college boys are playing basketball on TV. But on the streets of DC, the homeboys are dealing...