PELECANOS, GEORGE P. (1957)
Three great novels. A firing offense - Nick's trip - Down by the river where the dead men go.

Orion, London. 2002. First UK Edition (stated). Paperback. Softcover.

634 pp. 15,25 x 23,5 x 4,75 cm. 944 gr. Cover design Black Sheep.ISBN-10 0752851098. ISBN-13 9780752851099.

A FIRING OFFENSE - Jim Broda has just been fired from his job in Nutty Nathan's electronics store for poor attendance and was last seen in the company of two drug dealers. He's now disappeared. When Jimmy's grandfather begs Nick Stefanos, an older salesman at the store, Nick risks his already shaky position at work to track him down.

NICK'S TRIP - Nick Stefanos having earned his P.I. licence, quickly discovers that snapping photos of unfaithful husbands does not make for a fulfilling job. Tending bar one night at the Spot, Nick is visited by his high-school friend, Billy Goodrich. Billy's wife is gone. Nick agrees to find her. And with that first step, he sets out on a one-way trip through a sewer of drugs, theft, intrigue, murder and love.

DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE DEAD MEN GO - 'You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man.' Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash. That's how Nick Stefanos gets drawn into the murder of Calvin Jeter. An grim investigation that takes him trough the roughest part of the nation's capital and the blackest parts of the human soul.

'For some time George P. Pelecanos has been the best kept secret in crime fiction - maybe all fiction.' - Michael Connelly

'Pelecanos has carved out a territory - the seedier suburbs of Washinton, D.C. - and a language of danger and sadness all his own.' - Chicago Tribune

A very clean, tight, bright copy, mainly uncreased spine, a few page corners turned up a little, page edges lightly age tanned. Light crease trace on front and back covers. Sticker on front cover. A very good copy.

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