Derek Strange is a private detective who lives in the heart of Northwest D.C.’s historic Black community.
In The Blue Flame, author George Pelecanos’ newest novel, Strange stakes out an important source in Shaw; he walks his dog along the community garden in Brightwood; and he carries out his lunch from the Hitching Post, a soul food restaurant in Petworth.
Pelecanos and Strange take readers on a suspense-filled tour through neighborhoods around the District that typically aren’t featured in popular depictions of D.C. including Michigan Park, Barnaby Woods and Kenilworth.
Pelecanos is the author of 23 novels and collections of fiction set in and around Washington, D.C…