HOLLYWOOD STATION: Book #1 - Hollywood Station
by Joseph Wambaugh
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- ISBN 10
- 0446401242
- ISBN 13
- 9780446401241
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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.
Synopsis
A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Joseph Wambaugh invented the modern police procedural thriller. Now in his long-awaited return to the LAPD, he deploys his bone-deep understanding of cops' lives--and a lethal sense of humor--in a stunning new novel.For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and trying not to get killed. If you're in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with some of the most desperate criminals anywhere. Now the violent robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store quickly connects to a Russian nightclub and an undercover operation gone wrong, and the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of quirky cops have to make sense of it all. From an officer who dreams of stardom, to a single mother packing a breast pump, to partners who'd rather be surfing, they'll take you on a raucous ride through a gritty city where no one is safe. Especially not the cops.
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- Bookseller
- Darleen Billy (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2311307
- Title
- HOLLYWOOD STATION
- Author
- Joseph Wambaugh
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Brand New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0446401242
- ISBN 13
- 9780446401241
- Publisher
- Vision, An Imprint of Grand Central Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 2007
- Pages
- 417 pages
- Keywords
- Hollywood Station, Joseph Wambaugh, Vision, An Imprint of Grand Central Publishing, Thriller, Mystery, Crime