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Hollywood Crows: A Novel | 
| Author: Joseph Wambaugh
Creator: Christian Rummel
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 219261
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 1600241530
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781600241536
ASIN: 1600241530
Publication Date: March 25, 2008
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Product Description
In Wambaugh's gripping new audiobook about life in the country's most sensational police force, the beloved Oracle has been replaced by thin-lipped Sgt. Treacle, but the setting is the same - Hollywood: "America's nut capital" - and some favorite personalities are still around.
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, 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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 Welcome Back July 19, 2008
This follow on to Hollywood Station, is another unusual, informative, entertaining look at the LAPD Hollywood Division,with primary focus on the Community Relations Office. Wambaugh addresses in three plot lines, each of which harkens to his early 70'w work, policing LA in the 21st century under the aegis of a consent decree, hostile media, and an unsupportive police command structure. As always, Wambaugh stresses the extraordinary emotional toll inflicted by urban policing. The street vignettes are fascinating. Wambaugh's yearning (through "The Oracle" and his memory) for "the day" and his belief that the LAPD has been hobbled by political correctness run amok are crystal clear. Also interesting are the demise of the Choirboys/choir practice culture and the unconditional acceptance of female police officers. Welcome back to LA. Wambaugh's long soujourn in San Diego is thankfully over.
Wambaugh June 2, 2008
This like his last to a while to get moving but once it was rolling is was a great edition to his writting.
 Solid effort May 31, 2008
It's good to get some of the real street stories. We know they are real, only real stories are this crazy. The plot is thin, but the human pain real, as officers damaged by what they have seen, fail. Well done.
Good Follow-up to Hollywood Station May 25, 2008
As with all the author's LAPD books, the characters are why you will enjoy the book. Wambaugh, like Jack Webb and Dragnet, are willing to stray from the usual territory of Robbery/Homicide or Narcotics Units and look at other aspects of police work. In this story Community Relations has center stage. They are kind of the JVs of the Hollywood Division talking care of complaints from irate citizens more than tradition crimes. Of course major crimes are weaved into the book along with the mudane duties of the CRO officers. The characters from Hollywood Station are back and the brief scenes with FX the motor officer are worth the price of the book alone. Poor LAPD trying to get by in a PC world where liberal shibboleths define what they can do.
Hollywood Crows May 19, 2008
Like police work, Wambaughs stories have changed and kept up with the times. The problems with politicians, administration that has no idea how the job is done and the incredible loops that must be jumped through just to get the job done reflect today's police work.
Wambaugh's character profiles and story lines are as good as ever.
The worst part about any Wambaugh novel is getting to the end and waiting for the next one to come out.
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