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    Hollywood Crows: A Novel
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    Hollywood Crows: A Novel

    Written by Joseph Wambaugh

    Narrated by Christian Rummel

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    A super follow-up to Hollywood Station, Wambaugh returns to the beat he knows best, taking readers on a darkly funny ride-along with a cast of flawed LAPD cops and eccentric lowlifes you won't forget.
    When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead 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 nightclub-owner Ali Aziz. What Nate and Bix don't know is that Margot's no helpless victim: the femme fatale is setting them both up. But Ms. Aziz isn't the only one with a deadly plan.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateMar 25, 2008
    ISBN9781600241543
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    Hollywood Crows: A Novel
    Author

    Joseph Wambaugh

    The son of a policeman, Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937) began his writing career while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. He joined the LAPD in 1960 after three years in the Marine Corps, and rose to the rank of detective sergeant before retiring in 1974. His first novel, The New Centurions (1971), was a quick success, drawing praise for its realistic action and intelligent characterization, and was adapted into a feature film starring George C. Scott. He followed it up with The Blue Knight (1972), which was adapted into a mini-series starring William Holden and Lee Remick. Since then Wambaugh has continued writing about the LAPD. He has been credited with a realistic portrayal of police officers, showing them not as superheroes but as men struggling with a difficult job, a depiction taken mainstream by television’s Police Story, which Wambaugh helped create in the mid-1970s. In addition to novels, Wambaugh has written nonfiction, winning a special Edgar Award for 1974’s The Onion Field, an account of the longest criminal trial in California history. His most recent work is the novel Hollywood Moon (2010).

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    • 4/5
      Great sequel.
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this much more than Hollywood Station. First of all the racism was much less pronounced. The story was well developed and I either liked or hated the characters.
    • 3/5
      Recycled and rehashed, but sorta fun anyway. The Hollywood coppers are up to their old tricks again. Don't expect too much, just go for the ride along, and you'll be fine.
    • 3/5
      Too verbose. Ten words when 1 would do.
    • 3/5
      The CROWS (Community Relations Office) is a division of Hollywood P.D. All become involved, in one way or another, with a bitter divorce between an arab, top-less bar owner & his eye-candy wife. She plots to kill him & seduces a 'CROW' officer into her plan (he's totally unaware of his part) & the husband uses a petty theif, drug user to plot killing his wife. The circumstances which follow make for an entertaining read. Maybe not Wambaugh's best, but still good.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Another outstanding book by the master of the genre. Nobody can weave a story about the day to day stresses and humor of police work better than Wambaugh. I can't wait to read the next installment in the "Hollywood Station" series.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I love the way Wambaugh interlaces all the characters and plots. If you like novels about cops and what they deal with, you'll love anything from Wambaugh. He's the best there is in this genre.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Within the LAPD division are a group of men and women known as the Hollywood Crows. They are different then your regular LAPD. Yes, they respond to the calls but they usually charged with dealing with all the desperate, unusal, and just plain wacko Hollywood. One of the crows is Hollywood Nate Weiss. Nate is a stand up good guy as well as good-looking. During one of his routine stops, he meets a gorgeous woman by the name of Margot Aziz. Margot invites Nate over for dinner and some drinks. What Nate doesn’t know is that Margot is not an innocent woman. She is going through a nasty divorce. Her soon to be ex-husband is notorious nightclub owner, Ali Aziz. Ali dispises Margot, especially since she has custody of their son, Nicky. Before Nate knows it, he finds himself a pawn in a deadly game of revenge. I loved every minute of this book.All of the Crows were great. I enjoyed everyone of them from Nate to the surfer cops. I couldn't stop laughing. I once read another one of Joseph Wambaugh’s books and it was good but not as great as Hollywood Crows. In fact I had a hard time sticking with the book. The difference between this time and last time is that I listened to the audio version of Hollywood Crows and I read the other book. I realize that for the future that I will now only listen to Mr. Wambaugh’s books. The reading was done by Christian Rummel, who just makes this book come alive. I look forward to Mr. Wambaugh’s next release.

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    • 4/5
      I don’t know if this is technically a series, but this is the second book Wambaugh has written about Hollywood Station. What I like about these books is that they’re not *really* about the situation... Margot and Ali Aziz are not the center of this book. The book is about the cops. There’s a few familiar faces — Hollywood Nate and the surfer dudes Flotsam and Jetsam come to mind — and some new ones. And much like real life, there’s not always a happy ending. A good read.

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