Audio Book Description:
For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and tryingnot to get killed. If you`re a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing withthe most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you`re patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputationnor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, oryour life when things heat up. The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry storecomplete with masks and a hand grenade, quickly connects to a Russian nightclub,an undercover operation gon bloodily wrong, and a cluelessly ambitious pairof tweakers. Putting the piecestogetherare the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of street cops. There`s Budgie Polk, a twentysomethingfirecracker with a four month old at home, and Wesley Drubb,a rich boy who joined the force seeking thrills. FaustoGamboa is the tetchy veteran, andHollywood 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 neversleeps. From their headquartersat Hollywood Station, theysee the glamour city for what it is: a field of land mines, where the mundane is dangerousand the dangerous is mundane.
