Hollywood Crows

By Joseph Wambaugh

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Hollywood Crows is a 2008 police novel by Joseph Wambaugh, the sequel to Hollywood Station. The title refers to the LAPD's Community Relations Officers, known on the street as crows. Officers on the Hollywood Division beat, including surfers Flotsam and Jetsam and Hollywood Nate, deal with bizarre calls on the streets. Meanwhile a bitter divorce leads to a murder plot involving a nightclub owner and his ex-wife. Wambaugh mixes police humor with a believable story about greed and murder.

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