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Washington DC, 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 recovering a cheap ring she claims has sentimental value, the case leads him onto Vaughn's turf, where a local drug addict's been murdered, shot point-blank in his apartment. Soon both men are on the trail of a ruthless killer: Red Fury, so called for his looks and the car his girlfriend drives, but a name that fits his personality all too well. Red Fury doesn't have a retirement plan, as Vaughn points out - he doesn't care who he has to cross, or kill, to get what he wants. As the violence escalates and the stakes get higher, Strange and Vaughn know the only way to catch their man is to do it their own way. Rich with details of place and time - the cars, the music, the clothes - and fueled by non-stop action, this is Pelecanos writing in the hard-boiled noir style that won him his earliest fans and placed him firmly in the ranks of the top crime writers in America.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139781409143666
eBay Product ID (ePID)8046534744
Product Key Features
Book TitleWhat It Was
AuthorGeorge Pelecanos
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicThriller, Books
Publication Year2012
Dimensions
Item Height241mm
Item Width159mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorGeorge Pelecanos
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom