Derek Strange & Terry Quinn Series by George P. Pelecanos

3.86 · 80 ratings
  • Right as Rain (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #1)
    #1

    Right as Rain (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #1)

    George P. Pelecanos

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2001

    A couple of ex-policemen turned private detectives are hired to investigate the death of a black policeman at the hands of a white one. The two detectives soon find themselves up against institutionalised racism and the worst killers in the USA.

  • Hell to Pay (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #2)
    #2

    Hell to Pay (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #2)

    George P. Pelecanos

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2002

    Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute. The two ex-cops think they know D.C.'s dangers, but nothing in their experience has prepared them for Worldwide Wilson, the pimp whose territory they're intruding upon... more

  • Soul Circus (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #3)
    #3

    Soul Circus (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #3)

    George P. Pelecanos

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2003

    A Washington, D.C., crime lord fights for his life in court while P.I. Derek Strange finds a woman whose testimony could mean death or freedom for the crime lord.

  • Hard Revolution (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #4)
    #4

    Hard Revolution (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #4)

    George P. Pelecanos

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2004

    In this prequel to the two highly successful Derek Strange novels, George P. Pelecanos illuminates his early life as a black police officer in Washington in 1968.

  • What It Was (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #5)
    #5

    What It Was (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #5)

    George P. Pelecanos

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2012

    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 Vaughn's turf, where a local drug addict's been murdered, shot point-blank in his apartment... more

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