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Right as Rain

by George P. Pelecanos · 2001 · 344 pages

Book 1 of the Derek Strange & Terry Quinn series

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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.

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Genre
crimemysterydetectiveprivate investigatorthriller
Themes
private investigator
Setting
2000swashington DCUSAwashington
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 344 pages

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