"Hell to Pay " is Pelecanos'second book ( after last year's " Right as Rain " ) about Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, an interracial odd couple with great, hard-boiled appeal.
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Kennedy was right as rain when he repeated a hoary legal principle with reference to the House version : A right without a remedy for its violation is not a right.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla . _ When " Right As Rain " came out two years ago, introducing black PI Derek Strange, you knew George P . Pelecanos was on to something.
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The clothes looked as right as rain, too, from a simple cotton blouse with embroidery and blue and ivory striped sleeves to a trumpet denim skirt and jackets with a curvy Victorian femininity.
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For example, dislocated shoulders can be popped back into place and the character is right as rain ( I know, not in real life, but its believable enough that Willing-suspension of disbelief discards it .)
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The album was first released in Belgium on the indie label Bang ! with a different track listing : " Right as Rain " and " Great American Nude " ( both tracks present on the " Zea"
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In 2012, Hayes'music ( " C'mon ", " Right As Rain ", " Always There For Me " ) appeared in the major motion picture and soundtrack for " Cowgirls'n Angels ", which starred Bailee Madison, James Cromwell, Frankie Faison, among others.
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WITH : REVIEW RAIN-- In " right as Rain, " author George Pelecanos displays why he is regarded as a rising star in his field, a writer other writers read . ( Eyman, Palm Beach Post ) With 6-pica photo of book jacket.
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WITH : REVIEW RAIN-- In " Right as Rain, " author George Pelecanos displays why he is regarded as a rising star in his field, a writer other writers read . ( Eyman, Palm Beach Post ) With 6-pica photo of book jacket.
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Hi all-a lot of English idomatic phrases either have clearly prosaic origins or are skewed enough that you can hazard a guess as to where they came from, but there's one that sounds as though it might have a bit of a backstory-" as right as rain ".
