The Night Gardener
Author: George Pelecanos
When the body of a local teenager turns up in a community garden, veteran homicide detective Gus Ramone teams up with T. C. Cook, a legendary, now retired detective, and Dan “Doc” Holiday, his former partner who left the force under a cloud of suspicion…..Read More
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