Right as Rain - George Pelecanos

Visits some familiar places: the crack house, the neighbourhood run by the drug kingpin, the whorehouse, the P.I. office, complete with gun in the desk drawer, removed when things get serious. Builds to a smooth climax, but when I saw where it was going within the first 50 pages I was hoping for a twist, something to make it stand out from the rest, but it never came.