The Night Gardener
Author(s): George P. Pelecanos
They never found the killer. All they knew, back in the winter of 1985, was that someone was taking teenagers, killing them and leaving their abused bodies in public parks. Three victims in all, with no link between them except a oddity of their names. They read the same back-to-front - Otto, Ava and lastly Eve. A lot has happened in the twenty years since. Detectives Gus Ramone and Dan Holiday - two of the leads on the case - have pursued very different paths. Gus has climbed to the heights of Detective Sergeant and built himself a reputation as a very good cop, whilst Dan has been drummed out of the force - his sleaze finally getting too much for his superiors. However, their paths are about to cross again. A boy named Asa - a close friend of Gus's teenage son - has been found in the public park, his skull shattered by gunfire. Now it seems that both men are once again in the path of this disturbed serial killer. THE NIGHT GARDENER is George Pelecanos's stunning new crime thriller - the story of two very different men united by the maliciousness of a deadly attacker.
General Information
- :
- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.262
- : 01 August 2007
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : George P. Pelecanos
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 384
- : Crime & mystery
More About The Product
George Pelecanos becomes more successful with every book. His sales are increasing nearly as fast as the amount of positive coverage he gets for every new novel The Night Gardener is George Pelecanos' first book to reach the New York Times bestseller list George is a writer and producer on the successful TV series THE WIRE. 'Pelecanos rocks! There are no two ways about it: Police procedural at its very best' Mark Timlin, Independent on Sunday 'The novel is almost flawless. While the historical DC Quartet remains his finest achievement, The Night Gardener has a strong claim to be regarded as his most impressive individual work' John Dugdale, Sunday Times 'Pelecanos tackles race, family, loyalties and drug culture with the utmost delicacy of touch, providing a gently panoramic and compassionate view of the ills as well as the positive elements of American society' Guardian
George Pelecanos lives in Washington D.C. with his wife and children. He also manages Circle Films, an independent production company responsible for such films as the Coen Brothers' RAISING ARIZONA, MILLER'S CROSSING and BARTON FINK.
