Book description
For the streetwise cops of Hollywood Station, dealing with the
panhandlers, prostitutes and costumed crackheads of the boulevard is
all in a day's work. If they're lucky, surf-mad partners Flotsam and
Jetsam can spend the morning calming the crazies and the afternoon
policing the babes on the beach. But beyond the lights and the crowds
on the Walk of Fame, the real Los Angeles simmers dangerously. And
when things heat up, even veterans like Viv Daley will see things that
they'll wish they could forget. In the hills above town, it's a
different world, where sports-car-studded driveways lead to sprawling
villas stuffed with clothes and jewels. Up here, pickings are easy for
the Bling Ring - a group of photogenic young addicts who knock off
celebrity cribs to fund their next fix. Even experienced cop and
wannabe filmstar Nate "Hollywood" Weiss has struck gold in
the hills. Leona Bruger, wife of an Industry Mover and Shaker, has
taken a fancy to him. Although he knows the Hollywood maxim - you
don't pet the cougars, especially if they belong to the boss - Nate
reckons that a leg-over might be just the leg-up he needs. What Weiss
doesn't realise is that his new flame's crooked art-dealer is about to
pull a forgery scam right under his nose. And when a pair of desperate
junkies hit on a foolproof plan to pay their drug debts with a stolen
painting, things get very complicated indeed...
