George Pelecanos

The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.

This narrative delves into the legalization and growth of the adult film industry in New York’s Times Square, spanning from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. It examines the gritty…