Gerald Petievich stands out as a writer whose crime fiction is deeply informed by his own past in law enforcement. Drawing directly from his experiences as an Army counterspy and a U.S. Secret Service agent, his novels achieve a remarkable verisimilitude, pushing the boundaries of realism within the mystery and thriller genre. His authentic voice and insider perspective offer readers a compelling and unflinching look into worlds few authors have experienced firsthand. His work is distinguished by its gritty detail and narrative drive, immersing the reader in the high-stakes realities he so expertly portrays.
From the author of To Die in Beverly Hills comes a harrowing tale of the dark underside of America's West Coast metropolis. Two U.S. Treasury agents, partners and antagonists, are drawn into a matrix of violence and corruption, southern California-style, that becomes a journey through a sunlit hell - at the end of which they become experts on the thin line between what it takes to live - and die - in L.A. To Live and Die in L.A., the book that inspired the major motion picture.
Detective Sergeant Jose Stepanovich is a member of a new elite gang suppression unit in the Los Angeles Police department. The unit has the verbal go-ahead from the mayor on down to do whatever is needed to end the gang's rule of this city. The members of the unit were picked because of their expertise in the ways of the gangs. They are able to think like their targets, anticipate their actions and often alter the outcome. But adopting the gang's thinking has a downside. Soon there's a little difference between the good guys and the bad in their savagery and vindictiveness. The unit is effective, but at a cost. And the cost may be too high for the top brass to continue their support. Earth Angels delves into the darkest side of law enforcement, where duty becomes a double-edged sword and a man must face his own past and decide what is more important-his job, his convictions, or his life.
When Eddie Sands decides to shake down a famous Hollywood star whose sex life could ruin his screen career, he sets off a chain of events that leads straight to the white-hot center of Las Vegas, and brings down on himself the attentions of Tony Parisi, the mob's kingpin of Las Vegas, and FBI agent John Novak.
Entscheidung in Las Vegas - bk672; Heyne Verlag; Gerald Petievich; pocket_book; 1988
