Rick Stefanos Series / Down by the River Where the Dead Men go / George P. Pelecanos

You were already a punk. The least you can do is go out like a man.” Then a dull bang and a soft splash.

Nick Stefanos has spent too much time with bad women and bad booze. That’s why he wakes up one hazy morning on the banks of the Anacostia River, hungover and miserable – and now a witness to murder. With the help of a partner who is just as straight-laced as Nick, he decides to track down the killer. The investigation leads them through the roughest part of the capital and into the blackest corners of the human soul.