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Solid crime novel featuring, once again, private investigator Derek Strange. Generally, I've enjoyed the novels in the series, but have always felt they were a bit uneven. On top of that, I've had trouble connecting with Strange. But that changes here. In What it Was, the reader encounters Strange as he's just starting out. My reservations about the character, what makes him tick, were pretty much answered in this novel.
The story itself is standard stuff. A local badass, "Red Fury," kills a pat ...more
The story itself is standard stuff. A local badass, "Red Fury," kills a pat ...more
This one gets its narrative punch from the inevitable convergence of the game's players, and Pelecanos as always does an excellent job keeping the tension high. But his books are more than they appear on the surface - he always has quite a lot to say about the racial and social tensions in the side of DC that's not overtly political, which is what ultimately keeps me coming back to his work.
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