{"product_id":"the-night-gardener-paperback-2","title":"The Night Gardener - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge P. Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGus Ramone is \"good police,\" a former Internal Affairs investigator now working homicide for the city's Violent Crime branch. His new case involves the death of a local teenager named Asa whose body has been found in a local community garden. The murder unearths intense memories of a case Ramone worked as a patrol cop twenty years earlier, when he and his partner, Dan \"Doc\" Holiday, assisted a legendary detective named T. C. Cook. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The series of murders, all involving local teenage victims, was never solved. In the years since, Holiday has left the force under a cloud of morals charges, and now finds work as a bodyguard and driver. Cook has retired, but he has never stopped agonizing about the \"Night Gardener\" killings.The new case draws the three men together on a grim mission to finish the work that has haunted them for years. All the love, regret, and anger that once burned between them comes rushing back, and old ghosts walk once more as the men try to lay to rest the monster who has stalked their dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bigger and even more unstoppable than his previous thrillers, George Pelecanos achieves in \u003ci\u003eThe Night Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e what his brilliant career has been building toward: a novel that is a perfect union of suspense, character, and unstoppable fate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Pelecanos\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of twenty novels set in and around Washington, D.C. He is also an independent film producer, and a producer and Emmy-nominated writer on the HBO series \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Deuce\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158988914751,"sku":"9780316056502","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/T2lQUlV1SUdaVU8rODQwY3dCU0hWZz09.webp?v=1776994296","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-night-gardener-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}