What it was : a novel / George Pelecanos.
Author: Pelecanos, George P.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, c2012.
ISBN: 9780316209540 (pbk.)
0316209546 (pbk.)
Description: viii, 246, 15 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject: Strange, Derek (Fictitious character) Fiction.
Private investigators Washington (D.C.) Fiction.
African American detectives Fiction.
Ex-police officers Fiction.
Noir fiction.
Mystery fiction. gsafd
Notes: "A Reagan Arthur Book."
Includes a sneak peek of The Cut.
Summary: "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."--Provided by publisher.
