The Cut
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781780221328 (1780221320)
Publish date: February 1st 2012
Publisher: Orion
Edition language: English
Series: Spero Lucas (#1)
Book 1, in the Spero Lucas seriesThis book sets off a new series for George Pelecanos and my first experience with the author. It features Spero Lucas, a 29 year old veteran of the Iraq War, a tough guy on the outside and tender in the inside trying to make a living as a freelance private investigat...
When an imprisoned drug dealer hires Spero Lucas to find out who's been stealing his product, Spero takes the case. Can Spero recover the stolen weed and collect his forty percent?The Cut is a breezy crime tale that reads as smoothly as an Elmore Leonard. Pelecanos makes Washington DC as much of a...
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Hands down probably the best thriller writer out there right now. Am registered for the Goodreads giveaway on this and hope I win a copy!! Have no doubt it will be a 5-star read!Okay, it was a 4-star read. Not my favorite by a long shot, but anything by Pelecanos is never bad!! I didn't really l...
This moved from an anticipated low 2 to a solid 3. I'll try the next one when it comes out. Not my usual read--more gritty. But I like the family and Marquis and even Bobby Waldron, who is what he is.