The Cut (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316078436)

Crime fiction writer George Pelecanos introduces Spero Lucas, an anti-hero making his place in the world one battle at a time. Includes a bonus work of short fiction focusing on Spero's early life.

Spero Lucas has a new line of work. Since he returned home to Washington, D.C. 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 Spero 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?

The first in a 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

Author: George P. Pelecanos
ISBN-10: 0316078433
ISBN-13: 9780316078436
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.53w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/22/2012 pg. 28