# Hell To Pay

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- Book: [Hell To Pay](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos/hell-to-pay) ([Hell To Pay.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos/hell-to-pay.md))
- Authors: [George P. Pelecanos](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-pelecanos)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0913-502-9
- Published: 2010-12-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A fatal shooting that strikes too close to home leaves PI Derek Strange determined to find the killer - whatever the cost. From one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE. Set in darkest, downtown Washington, Hell to Pay begins with Quinn and Strange dealing with the usual detritus of the world's most violent city - a bent cop and a missing teenage-girl-turned-hooker - but then a senseless death on a sunny afternoon shakes even Derek Strange's existence. A victim shot down by bullets meant for another; a tragic accident that strikes just too close to home. Strange's grief is all-consuming and he swears to track down and destroy the killers - ghetto style. But as he throws himself deeper and deeper into the hunt, he has to ask questions of himself and his world that he would rather not.