The Night Gardener
 

The Night Gardener

by George Pelecanos

The haunting story of three copsone good, one bad, one brokenand the murder that reunites them in a showdown decades in the making. Gus Ramone is good police, a former Internal Affairs investigator now working homicide for the citys Violent Crime branch. His new case involves the death of a local teenager named Asa, whose body has been found in a community garden. The murder unearths intense... (read more)

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Darren Foster
  • Rated 5 stars

This was another first time read of an author thanks to Shelfari and its members, anyone know how many of us there are?

A real gritty and true-to life novel about a DC police detective and others trying to solve a murder that is similar to older cases. Pelicans’ next book is already in my “want” list.

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Albert F
  • Rated 2 stars

Twenty years ago, someone is murdering children. He is never caught. Twenty years later, a child is murdered with the same MO. Cops who were involved in the earlier murders work on the latest murder.

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  • Rated 4.083333 stars
 

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