For the streetwise cops of Hollywood Station, dealing with the panhandlers, prostitutes and costumed crackheads of the boulevard is all in a day's work. If they're lucky, surf-mad partners Flotsam and Jetsam can spend the morning calming the crazies and the afternoon policing the babes on the beach. But beyond the lights and the crowds on the Walk of Fame, the real Los Angeles simmers dangerously. And when things heat up, even veterans like Viv Daley will see things that they'll wish they could forget. In the hills above town, it's a different world, where sports-car-studded driveways lead to sprawling villas stuffed with clothes and jewels. Up here, pickings are easy for the Bling Ring - a group of photogenic young addicts who knock off celebrity cribs to fund their next fix. Even experienced cop and wannabe filmstar Nate 'Hollywood' Weiss has struck gold in the hills. Leona Bruger, wife of an Industry Mover and Shaker, has taken a fancy to him. Although he knows the Hollywood maxim - you don't pet the cougars, especially if they belong to the boss - Nate reckons that a leg-over might be just the leg-up he needs. What Weiss doesn't realise is that his new flame's crooked art-dealer is about to pull a forgery scam right under his nose. And when a pair of desperate junkies hit on a foolproof plan to pay their drug debts with a stolen painting, things get very complicated indeed...It is suitable for fans of Robert Crais, Carl Hiassen, Elmore Leonard, and, George Pelecanos.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Atlantic Books: Grove Atlantic Ltd
ISBN: 9781848878778
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/12/2010
Año de edición: 2010
Plaza de edición: London
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Escrito por JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
Joseph Wambaugh, antiguo sargento del departamento de policía de Los Ángeles, es neoyorquino y autor de más de quince novelas, muchas de las cuales han sido adaptadas al cine y a la televisión como El campo de cebollas y Los chicos del coro. Es "Grand Master" de los Mystery Writers of America y actualmente vive en el sur de California.