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Hell to pay

Hell to pay

by George P. Pelecanos, George Pelecanos

2002Runaway teenagersTeenage prostitutionDerek Strange (Fictitious character)Police corruptionPrivate investigators
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About this book

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.

Themes & subjects

Runaway teenagersTeenage prostitutionDerek Strange (Fictitious character)Police corruptionPrivate investigatorsFiction
First published 2002

Setting

Washington (D.C.)

About the authors

George P. Pelecanos
George P. Pelecanos

1957

Greek-American author. Many of his works are in the genre of detective fiction and set primarily in his hometown of Washington, D.C. He is also a film and television producer and a television writer.

George Pelecanos

1957

Authors

George P. Pelecanos, George Pelecanos

First published

2002

Pages

368

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

15

Languages

English, Dutch, French

Publisher

Little, Brown

ISBN

9789041409935

Where to buy

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