

It's actually one kick-ass read, with an impact that relies as much on character development as it does on the hard-boiled action for which this author is well known. However, this book is hardly a plodding polemic or a shrill litany of theoretical finger-pointing.

Washington, D.C., novelist George Pelecanos' Hard Revolution, which serves as a sort of prequel to his still-small series about black middle-aged private eye Derek Strange, doesn't shy away from social or political commentary. Review | Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos
