The Night Gardener

George Pelecanos · first published 2006 · ISBN 9780446619219

A DC detective investigates a series of crimes that pulls him into the lives of young offenders, parole officers, and men trying to move beyond their mistakes. The story shifts between different timeframes and perspectives, building a picture of how the criminal justice system actually works and fails. It's part crime procedural, part meditation on second chances and the limits of redemption.