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Hell to pay

George P. Pelecanos, George Pelecanos
2002
Runaway teenagersTeenage prostitutionDerek Strange (Fictitious character)Police corruptionPrivate investigatorsFictionRacismAfrican American detectivesThrillerFiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiledPrivate investigators, fictionWashington (d.c.), fiction

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.

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