Hollywood Station

By: Joseph Wambaugh

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and trying not to get killed. If you're a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with the most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you're patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputation nor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, or your life when things heat up.The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store, complete with masks and a hand grenade, quickly connects to a Russian nightclub, an undercover operation gone bloodily wrong, and a cluelessly ambitious pair of tweakers.

Putting the pieces together are the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of street cops. There's Budgie Polk, a twenty-something firecracker with a four-month-old at home, and Wesley Drubb, a rich boy who joined the force seeking thrills. Fausto Gamboa is the tetchy veteran, and Hollywood Nate is the one who never shuts up about movies. They spend their days in patrol cars and their nights in the underbelly of a city that never sleeps. From their headquarters at Hollywood Station, they see the glamour city for what it is: a field of land mines, where the mundane is dangerous and the dangerous is mundane.

Great book

This could easily be his best work. Super interesting from front to the back. Great

A Very Good Police Tale

I enjoyed this novel. The narrator was very good. There were a very few misreads. But not enough to affect the story. There were times the story progressed slowly. However I particularly liked the last few chapters. I have read other novels by this author. I think this is my favorite thus far.

Amazing characters

Having been in government service myself the events struck close to home -love that sleuthing boils down to dumb luck in this book. The author artfully depicts a collision of events that leads to a higher kind of Justice than the laws of man can deliver. Laughed hard at the idiosyncratic characters doings.

LA's finest

Nobody writes like Wambaugh and it's too bad.
He's the GOAT.
Thanks for the adventures, Detective Sargeant.

Just Plain Enjoyable

This is a great listen. It's an audiobook you'll be able to simply enjoy without trying to figure out any deep meanings or underlying emotions. The story moved along without many slow spots, the characters were well developed and the story line was interesting. I also enjoyed the anti-woke and non-PC nature of the book. I had just finished Prince of Tides and needed to lighten things up a bit. This hit the spot, refreshing and just plain enjoyable.