George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos is a Washington D.C.-based crime writer who charts the capital's underclass with unflinching realism and moral passion. His novels, featuring recurring private detectives and police detectives, are also social documents of race, class, and urban decay in America. He has been a writer and producer on acclaimed crime television including The Wire and The Deuce.
Works
- A Firing OffensePrivate investigator hunts killer targeting reporters in Washington DC thriller
- Nick's TripCocaine addict struggles with addiction while solving murder mystery
- Down by the River Where the Dead Dogs LieInvestigator uncovers organized crime conspiracy through murder investigation
- Hell to PayPrivate eye investigates murder connected to organized crime in DC
- Hard RevolutionOperative investigates civil rights murder decades later in revolutionary period