George Pelecanos Reading from The Cut with The Nighthawks

Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home after serving in Iraq, he has been doing special investigations for a defense attorney. He's good at it, and he has carved out a niche: recovering stolen property, no questions asked. His cut is forty percent.
A high-profile crime boss who has heard of Lucas's specialty hires him to find out who has been stealing from his operation. It's the biggest job Lucas has ever been offered, and he quickly gets a sense of what's going on. But before he can close in on what's been taken, he tangles with a world of men whose amorality and violence leave him reeling. Is any cut worth your family, your lover, your life?
Spero Lucas is George Pelecanos's greatest creation, a young man making his place in the world one battle and one mission at a time. The first in a new series of thrillers featuring Spero Lucas, The Cut is the latest confirmation of why George Pelecanos is "perhaps America's greatest living crime writer." (Stephen King)
Early Praise:
"Pelecanos's excellent first in a new crime series introduces Spero Lucas, a 29-year-old Iraq War vet who does investigative work for a Washington, D.C., defense attorney...Both vital and timely, this remarkable novel also connects D.C.'s past and present as only Pelecanos does. Readers will want to see a lot more of Lucas." -Publishers Weekly, Starred review
"Triple-distilled excellence: first, a truly great new series character; second, a truly great contemporary crime novel; and third, and as always, Pelecanos's status as the undisputed poet laureate of America's most secret city - the three-quarters of Washington DC that tourists never see. Not just recommended - this is essential reading." - Lee Child
"Every time I read one of George Pelecanos's novels--and The Cut might be the best yet--I'm left a little awed, a little envious, and wholly certain that what I've just experienced is the authentic marriage of art to truth. The guy's a national treasure." - Dennis Lehane
"Spero Lucas is a great character, hes cool, hes honorable and a guy you would want at your back. Hes also interesting to read and the action is totally believable. Pelecanos takes us into a world a lot of us only see on TV and makes us believe we are right there, in on the action. Social issues are brought up, but there is no preaching, George is just telling it like it is. What Pelecanos writes is real, he just does with fictional people. Another awesome book from a true genius of the genre." -Crimespree Magazine
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