A Hard Rain

A crisis for Captain Picard – or a case for Dixon Hill, private detective?
A Hard Rain is a Pocket TNG novel written by Dean Wesley Smith. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in .
== Summary ==
;From the book jacket
:Captain Jean-Luc Picard has long enjoyed playing the part of Dixon Hill, a hard-boiled private eye straight out of American pulp fiction. His holographic excursions into 1940s San Francisco, a colorful world of gunplay and gangsters, provide a welcome diversion from his hefty responsibilities as a Starfleet captain.
:But not this time.
:The starship Enterprise has lost power and control, its own momentum carrying it ever deeper into a dangerous zone of warped space and time. And the only way out is hidden somewhere in the mean streets and back alleys of old Frisco. But so is a cold-blooded murderer…
:Now Dixon Hill, alias Jean-Luc Picard, must get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that threatens the lives of everyone aboard the Enterprise!
== Background information ==
* The novel is based upon the episode . 
* A Hard Rain was originally intended for publication in a serial format, with one chapter appearing in Pocket Books' releases each month (as with Starfleet: Year One). The decision was made to publish the story as a standalone novel instead. 
== Characters ==
;Jean-Luc Picard : Enterprise-E captain.
;Beverly Crusher : Enterprise-E CMO.
;Data : Enterprise-E Lieutenant commander
;Geordi La Forge : Enterprise-E Chief Engineer
;Bell
;Ghost Johnson
;Shoe
;Joe "the Undertaker" Morgan
;Arnie Andrews
;Redblock
;Barringer
;Mr. Whelan : Enterprise-D Officer
;Mr. Evans : Enterprise-D Officer
== References ==
holodeck, San Francisco
=== Timeline ===
* 1940s
* 2370s
== External link ==
* 
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