Hollywood Station (CD-Audio)

from amf0001

Came hightly recommended, so perhaps my expectations were set too high, but this is a standard LA police procedural, didn't feel amazingly funny or ground breaking to me. Had standard cop characters, bit more gritty situations and a kind of ghoulish cop humor. Didn't love it, but read it on the a...

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This book is about the night shift at the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, post-Rodney King, and some of the cases they encounter. They are very understaffed. Crystal meth is the most popular drug on the street and crack heads working the tourist strip are a huge part of...

from SofiaAndersson

Ordinary cops patrolling the streets. No big mystery, serial killer etc. But it's wellwritten, well researched and good reading. This could be a nice tv-serie.

from brendajanefrank

Hollywood Station is almost a collection of short stories containing the same primary characters. It is slices of life in the Hollywood Station of the LAPD, allowing us to experience both the unusual (but usual for Hollywood) incidents and the condition of being "on the job." We get a real sense ...

from MarthaHuntley

I love Wambaugh books and hadn't read one in a long while, so I was happy to learn this one is no exception in being immensely enjoyable. I had the audio CD and it was perfect for in-the-car listening, very well narrated by Adam Grupper, who did an excellent job of making each character recogniza...