What It Was

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Book Description A deluxe collectors edition numbered and signed by the author. Product Description A deluxe collectors edition numbered and signed by the author. Washington D.C. 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 Vaughns turf where a local drug addicts 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 doesnt have a retirement plan as Vaughn points out - he doesnt 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. About the Author George Pelecanos is an independent film producer an essayist the recipient of numerous international writing awards a producer and an EMMY-nominated writer on the HBO hit series THE WIRE. He is the author of a bestselling series of crime novels set in and around Washington D.C.