Brand new stories by: George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Ruben Castaneda, James Patton, Norman Kelley, Jennifer Howard, Richard Currey, Lester Irby, and others.

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Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories detailing the seedy underside of the nation's capital. This is not an anthology of ill-conceived and inauthentic political thrillers. Instead, in D.C. Noir, pimps, whores, gangsters, and con-men run rampant in zones of this city that most never hear about.

George Pelecanos is a screenwriter, independent-film producer, award-winning journalist, and the author of the bestselling series of Derek Strange novels set in and around Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife and children.

Introduction

PART I: D.C. UNCOVERED
"The Confidential Informant" GEORGE PELECANOS (Park View, N.W.)
"First" KENJI JASPER (Benning Heights, S.E.)
"Capital of the World" JIM PATTON (Chinatown, N.W.)
"The Names of the Lost" RICHARD CURREY (Shepherd Park, N.W.)

PART II: STREETS & ALLEYS
"East of the Sun" JENNIFER HOWARD (Hill East, S.E.)
"Solomon's Alley" ROBERT ANDREWS (Georgetown, N.W.)
"The Light and the Dark" ROBERT WISDOM (Petworth, N.W.)
"A.R.M. and the Woman" LAURA LIPPMAN (Chevy Chase, N.W.)

PART III: COPS & ROBBERS
"Cold as Ice" QUINTIN PETERSON (Congress Heights, S.E./S.W.)
"God Don't Like Ugly" LESTER IRBY (Edgewood, N.E.)
"Coyote Hunt" RUBEN CASTANEDA (Mount Pleasant, N.W.)
"Jeanette" JIM BEANE (Deanwood, N.E.)

PART IV: THE HILL & THE EDGE
"The Bottom Line" JAMES GRADY (Capitol Hill, N.E./S.E.)
"Stiffed" DAVID SLATER (Thomas Circle, N.W.)
"The Messenger of Soulsville" NORMAN KELLEY (Cardozo, N.W.)
"The Dupe" JIM FUSILLI (K Street, N.W.)