Synopses & Reviews
Review
"You are Mario Villalobos, 42, divorced, and tired, a detective who has seen too much of the ugly and who sees himself in a midlife crisis. You hang out at the House of Misery, drinking with other misfit cops who come to drown their woes. Then a hooker dies, seemingly at the hands of her pimp. But something doesn't jibe. And, instead of filing the case away, you follow it up, suddenly involved with genius scientists, a Russian connection, and the potential of giving your life meaning once more. This is a funny/sad, raunchy, realistic view of a cop's world, of the kind Wambaugh has become noted for. Not for weak stomachs but definitely worth reading." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Synopsis
L.A. Wambaugh-style. A world of cops on the rocks with a twist of murder.
A cheap hooker named Missy Moonbeam takes a fatal dive from the roof of a sleazy hotel. But what s a Caltech phone number doing in her trick book? And how does that connect to a dead private eye and a useless credit card? And what does all that have to do with a Whisky-class Russian sub and the Nobel Prize?
Join Joseph Wambaugh s ravaged cops of Rampart Station as they follow a trail of corruption from the world of pimps and crazies to the think-tank labs of the country s top chemistry wizards where genius and greed mix to create an award-winning case of murder.
A page-turner . . . This is a must-read for Wambaugh fans. USA Today"
About the Author
A former LAPD detective and perennial bestselling author, Joseph Wambaugh is the cops poet laureate, and these are the stories he was born to tell.
From the Trade Paperback edition.