Diego's friends include Shaka Brown, Ronald and Richard Spriggs, and Asa Johnson. Regina works as a teacher, but when she met Gus she was a police officer. Gus is Italian-American while Regina is African-American. Gus Ramone is a veteran of the homicide unit and a family man married to Regina, with two children, Diego and Alana. The perpetrator of the palindrome murders was nicknamed "The Night Gardener" by detectives. Also realizing the similarities, the others are again drawn into the investigation. Ramone is a veteran homicide detective and becomes involved in a case which has all the hallmarks of a palindrome murder. 20 years later Cook is retired, and Holiday has left the police force. TC Cook was the lead investigator at the time, and two young officers, Gus Ramone and Doc Holiday, were with him at the third crime scene. The media dubs the crimes the "palindrome murders". All three victims have palindromic first names and are found shot through the head in community gardens. Set in the 1980s, a trio of murders is linked to a single suspect. The book was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. It is set in Washington, DC and focuses on homicide detective Gus Ramone, and ex-cops Dan "Doc" Holiday and TC Cook as they investigate the possible return of a serial killer. The Night Gardener is a 2006 crime novel by George Pelecanos.
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