Hell To Pay

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.

Combining inimitable neighborhood flavor, action scenes that rank among the best in fiction, and a clear-eyed view of morality in a world with few rules, Hell to Pay is another Pelecanos masterpiece for his ever-expanding audience to savor.

Author: George P. Pelecanos
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/2002
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780316695060
Award: Dilys Award - Nominee
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee
Award: Shamus Award - Nominee
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2001 pg. 2054
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/15/2001 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2001 pg. 1640
Booklist 12/01/2001 pg. 606
Publishers Weekly 12/10/2001 pg. 50
Library Journal 12/01/2001 pg. 174
BookPage 02/01/2002 pg. 4
People Weekly 03/18/2002 pg. 43
Booksense '76 Mar/Apr 2002 03/01/2002 pg. 1
New Yorker (The) 04/08/2002 pg. 90
Booklist 05/01/2002 pg. 1449
New York Times 06/02/2002 pg. 29
Mystery Review 06/01/2002 pg. 27
USA Today 12/25/2002 pg. 1
New York Times 12/08/2002 pg. 74
Library Journal 10/15/2001

About the Author
George Pelecanos is the bestselling author of twenty novels set in and around Washington, D.C. He is also an independent film producer, and a producer and Emmy-nominated writer on the HBO series The Wire, Treme, and The Deuce. He lives in Maryland.