NMLP P-009998 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
Right as Rain
George Pelecanos · Little, Brown · 2001
US Little, Brown true first; first Derek Strange / Terry Quinn novel. A UK hardcover was published by Orion the same year (2001); available sources do not establish clear precedence between the two, so the Little, Brown printing stands as the US true first.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009998 for "Right as Rain" by George Pelecanos (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009998, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).