To Live and Die in L.A.

An easy 5 stars! Recommended to any crime fiction fan. Planning on watching the movie soon.......more

A nice procedural featuring a trio of Secret Service agents working a notorious counterfeiter. The investigative detail is realistic. The story is interesting. The characters are sharp but could have been developed a tad more for a fuller impact.......more

I read this book in 3 days and would have read it faster had not every female character been totally implausible to the point I couldn’t bring myself to read their descriptions or dialogue. Great little procedural romp that I would recommend if one could just magically replace all the females with b......more

Just finished this one up. As I said before, a solid L.A. crime novel. Good, believable dialogue, but lacking the stylistic panache of Elmore Leonard or the grit of James Ellroy. That aside, this was a super good read, highly recommended to anyone who is a fan of the crime genre. My only real gripe......more

For an action-packed crime thriller featuring lots of interesting "occupational hazard" details and authentic dialogue, you can't find much better than this. Who better than an ex-Fed to write a book about crooked versus honest Feds? The plot is an improvement over the more noir-esque, violent yet s......more