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Hollywood Station
- A Novel
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- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 199
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They call him the Oracle. He's got 46 years under his belt and more hash marks than a football field. More importantly, he has a crew of cops to look out for on the streets of Hollywood. From his understaffed office at Hollywood Station, he keeps a close eye on his squad who spend their day in patrol cars, and their nights in the underbelly of a city that never sleeps.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By wsoxfan2005 on 12-16-06
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Hollywood Moon
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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There's a saying at Hollywood station that the full moon brings out the beast--rather than the best--in the precinct's citizens. One moonlit night, LAPD veteran Dana Vaughn and "Hollywood" Nate Weiss, a struggling-actor-turned cop, get a call about a young man who's been attacking women.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Crackling Stories Continue
- By Ted on 02-25-17
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Hollywood Hills
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 171
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LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the appreciative eye of B-list director Rudy Ressler, and his troublemaking fiance, Leona Brueger, the older-but-still-foxy widow of a processed-meat tycoon. Nate tries to elude her crafty seductions, but consents to keep an eye on their estate in the Hollywood Hills while they're away.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, Funny & Engaging
- By Mary on 12-12-10
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Harbor Nocturne
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 179
When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from San Pedro Harbor to a Hollywood nightclub, their lives are forever changed. An unexpectedly tender and moving love story develops among the cops and criminals who occupy the harbor, and soon Dinko and Lita are caught up in terror and peril through no fault of their own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a Hollywood Station novel.
- By Ryan on 09-14-12
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The Choirboys
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
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- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they’re haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch - shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap - each has his horror story, his bad dream, his night shriek. He is afraid of his friends–he is afraid of himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely Funny, Probably Offensive
- By John Strange on 12-18-14
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Finnegan's Week
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classic
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
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- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Fin Finnegan, a San Diego police detective and wannabe actor heading straight for a midlife meltdown, is assigned a routine truck theft that turns into a toxic chemical spill, setting off a bizarre chain reaction of death and murder on both sides of the Mexican border. Fin is forced to team up with Nell Salter, a sexy female investigator, as well as an equally fetching U.S. Navy investigator who wants to learn all that Fin can teach her - and that’s saying a lot
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5 out of 5 stars
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A GREAT MIX OF POLICE WORK AND HUMOR
- By J.C.D. on 05-17-17
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Hollywood Station
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- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 199
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Story4 out of 5 stars 200
They call him the Oracle. He's got 46 years under his belt and more hash marks than a football field. More importantly, he has a crew of cops to look out for on the streets of Hollywood. From his understaffed office at Hollywood Station, he keeps a close eye on his squad who spend their day in patrol cars, and their nights in the underbelly of a city that never sleeps.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By wsoxfan2005 on 12-16-06
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Hollywood Moon
- A Novel
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 194
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
There's a saying at Hollywood station that the full moon brings out the beast--rather than the best--in the precinct's citizens. One moonlit night, LAPD veteran Dana Vaughn and "Hollywood" Nate Weiss, a struggling-actor-turned cop, get a call about a young man who's been attacking women.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Crackling Stories Continue
- By Ted on 02-25-17
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Hollywood Hills
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- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 171
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the appreciative eye of B-list director Rudy Ressler, and his troublemaking fiance, Leona Brueger, the older-but-still-foxy widow of a processed-meat tycoon. Nate tries to elude her crafty seductions, but consents to keep an eye on their estate in the Hollywood Hills while they're away.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, Funny & Engaging
- By Mary on 12-12-10
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Harbor Nocturne
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: R. C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 179
When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from San Pedro Harbor to a Hollywood nightclub, their lives are forever changed. An unexpectedly tender and moving love story develops among the cops and criminals who occupy the harbor, and soon Dinko and Lita are caught up in terror and peril through no fault of their own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This is a Hollywood Station novel.
- By Ryan on 09-14-12
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The Choirboys
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 186
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4 out of 5 stars 138
Partners in the Los Angeles Police Department, they’re haunted by terrifying dark secrets of the nightwatch - shared predawn drink and sex sessions they call choir practice. Each wears his cynicism like a bulletproof jockstrap - each has his horror story, his bad dream, his night shriek. He is afraid of his friends–he is afraid of himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Definitely Funny, Probably Offensive
- By John Strange on 12-18-14
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Finnegan's Week
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classic
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Fin Finnegan, a San Diego police detective and wannabe actor heading straight for a midlife meltdown, is assigned a routine truck theft that turns into a toxic chemical spill, setting off a bizarre chain reaction of death and murder on both sides of the Mexican border. Fin is forced to team up with Nell Salter, a sexy female investigator, as well as an equally fetching U.S. Navy investigator who wants to learn all that Fin can teach her - and that’s saying a lot
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5 out of 5 stars
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A GREAT MIX OF POLICE WORK AND HUMOR
- By J.C.D. on 05-17-17
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The Glitter Dome
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4 out of 5 stars 36
In his finest, most compelling blend of wild humor and powerful drama, Joseph Wambaugh leads us into the Hollywood scene to demonstrate the effects of that heady, amoral world on four sets of police partners enmeshed in the glamour and the grime, the hustle and the horror. They live and work in a dizzying mix of moguls and starlets, elaborate parties, outrageous and sordid actions; a place where sex and drugs are open and the big deals are undercover.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great sleazy fun
- By dogcow on 05-28-17
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The Black Marble
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
He is a damned good cop -- a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle. She is his partner -- twice divorced, nursing a grudge against men, obsessed by the awful temptation of love.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hard to put down
- By Linda on 09-15-11
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Floaters
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 23
Mick Fortney and his partner Leeds manage to cruise above the standard police stress - pools of coffee and Pepto-Bismol - they're water cops in the "Club Harbor Unit", manning a patrol boat on San Diego's Mission Bay. A typically rough day's detail consists of scoping out body-sculpted beauties on pleasure craft, rescuing boating bozos who've run aground, jeering at lifeguards, and hauling in the occasional floater who comes to the surface.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Poor reader ruined this book for me
- By A. on 05-30-13
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The Onion Field
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 694
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 581
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Story4 out of 5 stars 575
Hollywood. Saturday night. A broken taillight leads to a routine traffic stop. It shouldn’t have changed the lives of the four men involved, but it did. The Onion Field is the frighteningly true story of a fatal collision of destinies that would lead two young cops and two young robbers to a deserted field on the outskirts of Los Angeles, towards a bizarre execution and its terrible aftermath.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Haunting
- By Avalon on 03-03-13
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Fugitive Nights
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 20
Joseph Wambaugh returns to glamorous Palm Springs and its ever-mysterious desert to give listeners a suspense novel rich in astonishing plot twists, fascinating characters, and the penetrating humor for which he is famous. Three mismatched people - one of whom is a police officer - become involved in the trail of an elusive and dangerous fugitive on a secret mission.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not his best
- By Amazon Customer on 05-18-13
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The Delta Star
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4 out of 5 stars 14
In death she looks 35, but Missy Moonbeam, a.k.a. Thelma Bernbaum, is only 22 when the cops of Rampart Division find her flattened on the sidewalk. A Nebraska farm girl, Missy came to Los Angeles to act, and died not long after her dream did. The detectives assume that her pimp threw her off a roof - but they couldn’t be more wrong. Missy had a trick at Caltech whose name draws the Rampart detectives into a bizarre conspiracy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Started well, but became a drag
- By Stephanie Barkley on 08-17-19
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The Blooding
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: George K. Wilson
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 48
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
Fifteen-year-old Lynda Mann's savagely raped and strangled body is found along a shady footpath near the English village of Narborough. Though a massive 150-man dragnet is launched, the case remains unsolved. Three years later the killer strikes again, raping and strangling teenager Dawn Ashforth only a stone's throw from where Lynda was so brutally murdered.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story, a few quibbles with the audio.
- By ricketsj on 05-07-14
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Lines and Shadows
- By: Joseph Wambaugh
- Narrated by: John Nelson
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Each night, thousands of immigrants stream north across the Mexican border towards San Diego, hoping to make a new life in the United States. Along the way, many find death instead. Bandit gangs roam the moonlit desert, robbing, raping, and killing these desperate, impoverished migrants. For decades Dick Snider has watched this happen. Now, in 1976, he’s decided to end the bloodshed. A San Diego cop with an intimate awareness of the trials of border crossing, Snider has uncommon sympathy for the immigrants.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wambaugh’s world
- By Don on 12-27-17
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The Night Fire
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Titus Welliver, Christine Lakin
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,621
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,287
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,252
Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow hands Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before - the unsolved killing of a troubled young man in an alley used for drug deals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Story, Excellent Narration !!
- By R. Pontiflet on 10-30-19
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Dark Sacred Night
- A Ballard and Bosch Novel
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin, Titus Welliver
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7,489
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,446
Renée Ballard is working the night beat again and returns to Hollywood Station in the early hours only to find a stranger rifling through old file cabinets. The intruder is retired detective Harry Bosch, working a cold case that has gotten under his skin. Ballard kicks him out but then checks into the case herself, and it brings a deep tug of empathy and anger. Bosch is investigating the death of 15-year-old Daisy Clayton, a runaway on the streets of Hollywood who was brutally murdered and her body left in a dumpster like so much trash. Now, Ballard joins forces with Bosch.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I tried to like it but...
- By Suzanne on 11-06-18
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Angle of Investigation
- Three Harry Bosch Stories
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Len Cariou
- Length: 2 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,399
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,234
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch tackles three tough cases that span a legendary career in this never-before-collected trio of stories. Utterly unputdownable, they are proof that "Connelly never stops doling out the suspense.... Once it grabs you in those first few pages, it won't let go of you" ( Boston Globe).
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4 out of 5 stars
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The best of the two Connelly short story collectio
- By Mark on 08-26-12
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The Brass Verdict
- A Novel
- By: Michael Connelly
- Narrated by: Peter Giles
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,849
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,082
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Mickey Haller Is My Favorite Mystery Character
- By Mimi on 10-22-08
Publisher's Summary
When Nate and Bix Rumstead (a supposedly upstanding cop with serious sobriety issues) find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems.
To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck in the middle of an ugly divorce from the nefarious bar-owner, Ali Aziz. What Nate and Bix don't know is that Margot's no helpless victim: she's setting them both up so that she can get away with the perfect murder - and still stand to inherit her ex-husbands's ill-won fortune.
What SHE doesn't know is that Aziz has replaced her sleeping pills with a poison. And then there's Leonard Stillwater, a small time tweaker whose connection to Aziz is about to shoot him into the big leagues.
Complete with scams, cokeheads, and petty (and some not so petty) crimes, Hollywood Crows offers the very best of Wambaugh: impeccable plotting, acerbic humor, and plenty of flawed but lovable characters.
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- Ted
- Lancaster, PA, United States
- 02-25-17
Who's At Fault? Another Shuddering Success
Wambaugh finds stories along civilization’s fault lines. He asks and answers questions about what’s going through the minds of guards along the wall separating the anti-social from the social. And he presents their frustrations as a perspective that’s missing from the smug policies flowing from 24/7 news cycles or academic ‘studies’ tediously designed to prove the convictions of their author's confirmation-bias.
There are whacky, weird, and bewildering sparks that crackle from walking the beat between what different communities prize as ‘normal’. And these are Wambaugh’s honey-loaded teaspoons that make his medicine go down.
I like these stories… Like the way they’re told and read by Christian Rummel. And I like the talent of Wambaugh to make me wonder whether the wall between the social and anti-social needs more than guards patrolling it’s perimeter, like serious maintenance or even redesign and new construction to fill its cracks and crumblings.
It’s above the pay-grade of guards to heal fault lines. It’s their job to alert us when shudderings increase. Wambaugh’s the guy who’s saying, “Houston, we’ve got a problem.” Enjoy this series from the first, “Hollywood Station: A Novel” then through “Hollywood Crows” and now “Hollywood Moon”. I’m downloading the apparent last of the epic, “Hollywood Hills” right now.
That’s the best recommendation I can give.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Dalekchap
- San Diego, CA United States
- 01-07-11
Laugh out loud funny and deadly serious
Great and fun ride. The author brings in witty thoughtful and silly characters. At the same time crafts a good tale around it. This was my first of Joseph Wambaugh's books - now on to the next one!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Greg Wilson
- 01-08-12
Funny light weekend reading
All of Wambaugh's Hollywood series are simplistic comic views into the Hollywood division's diverse characters. I really enjoyed each of them and look forward to more from Wambaugh. Recommended for light reading.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Lynn Fraser
- Watertown,WI USA
- 02-09-09
Good to the last sentence!
I've always loved Joe's stuff, well, most of it. The two Hollywood Station books are great. Wish they would put Black Marble on Audio. That Rocks!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Gregory S.
- Indio, California
- 01-22-17
Awesome.
Great book and great series. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. This is truely written by a master.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- tim
- 05-23-16
a very solid book wambaugh does it again.
The inside storys are truely wambaugh at his very best
we can only hope for more.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- manic guy
- 03-24-15
Hilarious!
It's an easy-going book has a good plot that keeps you wondering what will happen and it's always hilarious
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Douglas
- 11-03-09
Wambaugh at his best
He has done it again. As a former LAPD officer who worked the streets of Hollywood I can fully appreciate the interpersonal relationships and how they relate to create this wonderful story.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 09-27-08
Joe your back!
This is one of the best books Joe has written in years. I laughed until I cried and then I really did get sad in the end. Joe please bring this entire crew back for another book. I actually felt like they were friends.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Rachel
- Riverdale Park, MD, United States
- 06-24-08
beginning to end good read - funny and exciting
- does he write any others like this? I want them!
6 of 10 people found this review helpful