Right as rain: a novel

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Pelecanos, George P.
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Derek Strange novel volume 1
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At a mother's request, Derek Strange investigates the killing of one police officer by another in the D.C. underworld, where police officers and criminals operate by their own secret laws, and where human life is sometimes of less consequence than cash, drugs, and other forms of currency."--Jacket

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African American detectives
African American detectives -- Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
Crime
Crime -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Police corruption
Police corruption -- Fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction
Racism
Racism -- Fiction
Strange, Derek (Fictitious character)
Strange, Derek (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Suspense fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction

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