Derek Strange Books in Order

In 1972 Washington DC, ex cop turned private eye Derek Strange is hired to recover a stolen ring, but the trail leads to a ruthless stickup man called Red Fury and back to Strange's former partner on the force.

This prequel follows Derek Strange from boyhood in 1950s DC to his first year as a police officer during the 1968 riots, as a neighborhood robbery and his brother's choices collide with the city's erupting racial tension.

Private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn juggle small jobs while gathering evidence that might spare drug lord Granville Oliver from execution, even as a turf war between rival dealers pushes Washington's street violence toward an inevitable, devastating showdown.

Strange and Quinn look into the murder of a petty criminal and a young boy, a search that moves through dogfights, neighborhood crews, and the hunt for a missing teenage girl, forcing them to balance justice for families against brutal street rules.

After a white ex cop shoots a black off duty officer, Derek Strange is hired by the dead man's mother to uncover what really happened, drawing Strange and the ashamed shooter, Terry Quinn, into a tense investigation shaped by race and police culture.