A new series by Pelecanos, about Spero Lucas, private investigator in DC, the usual haunt for Pelecanos books. Spero is a Greek, adopted, living in the city, near his Mom and brother, a Iraq vet, trying to find his way after his tour. He's a fixer, so to speak, for various people, in this case a lawyer who is representing a drug lord. The drug lord lost mucho moolah and asks Spero to help him find out who has taken the cash and he'll get 40% of what he recovers. This seems to be his speciality, recovering what someone has lost. It gets complicated when the two young drug dealers whom Spero is working with get murdered, seemingly not drug related. Spero is told to leave it alone, then, by the drug lord but, of course he cannot...he kind of liked the two kids. So, he pursues it, finds out there's a crooked cop involved, his father (with a long record) and he ends up unraveling the plot, which leads back of course to the original drug lord. The end reminded me of a Reacher story; three guys in a building, waiting for Spero to come, with weapons, but because of his experience in Iraq, he takes them out easily and the problem is solved...no sweat. The most fun is the context, the background, the city of DC, the people Spero meets, a young aspiring film student, a couple of gals whom he beds, his brother and Mom on Sundays for dinner, a regular guy who just happens to kill people occasionally to right the wrongs of the world. I will read the next one.
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