Right as Rain

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Right as Rain
First edition cover
Author	George Pelecanos
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Strange and Quinn
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Little Brown
Publication date	February 2001
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	336 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0316695262 (Hardcover first edition)
OCLC	44128318
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3566.E354 R54 2001
Followed by	Hell to Pay

Right as Rain is a 2001 crime novel by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on private investigator Derek Strange and his new partner Terry Quinn. It is the first novel to involve the characters and is followed by Hell to Pay (2002), Soul Circus (2003) and Hard Revolution (2004).

Plot introduction

The novel follows private investigators Derek Strange as he works on several cases in Washington DC. Strange's main case is to investigate the death of Chris Wilson. Strange focuses on ex-cop Terry Quinn who shot Wilson. Both were police officers and the shooting led to Quinn's discharge from the police department. The shooting was high profile and characterised as racially motivated; Quinn is caucasian while Wilson was African American. Quinn becomes involved in the investigation himself as he is desperate to clear his conscience.^[1]

Explanation of the novel's title

The internal police investigation of Quinn's shooting of Wilson determined that Quinn was blameless, that the shooting was "right as rain."

Characters

Derek Strange is an ex-cop and current private investigator. Strange has a successful business and is a lifelong resident of Washington DC.

Terry Quinn is an ex police officer discharged after the fatal shooting of Chris Wilson, the victim in the case which brings Strange and Quinn together.

Major themes

Race is a major theme of the novel.^[2]

Footnotes

↑ "Right as Rain". Hatchett Book Group USA. Retrieved 2007-09-20.
↑ "Cops in the Hood". New York Times. 2001-03-25. Retrieved 2007-09-20.

v t e Works by George Pelecanos

Nick Stefanos Series	A Firing Offense (1992) Nick's Trip (1993) Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go (1995)

D.C. Quartet Series	The Big Blowdown (1996) King Suckerman (1997) The Sweet Forever (1998) Shame the Devil (2000)

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn Series	Right as Rain (2001) Hell to Pay (2002) Soul Circus (2003) Hard Revolution (2004)

Other novels	Shoedog (1994) Drama City (2005) The Night Gardener (2006) The Turnaround (2008) The Way Home (May 2009) The Cut (August 2011)

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