The Night Gardener

By George Pelecanos

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Night Gardener is a 2006 crime novel by George Pelecanos, who also wrote for HBO's The Wire. It is a standalone novel set in Washington, D.C. In 1985, rookie officer Gus Ramone works the scene of a teenage murder victim found in a community garden, one of a series of killings never solved. Twenty years later, now a homicide detective, Ramone finds a similar victim. Two retired detectives from the original case, now older men, join the investigation.

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• Stephen King: “Pelecanos, best known for his work on HBO’s The Wire, is perhaps the greatest living American crime writer. He proves it again in this story of how 20 years changes three cops when an old serial killer of teens seems to become active again.”