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Book Review: Blood Work by Michael Connelly
Blood Work by Michael Connelly Publisher – Little, Brown Copyright 1998 391 pages Rating – 7/10 Review – A decade or so ago, an out-of-town guest and I watched the Clint Eastwood film Blood Work when we were looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, Buddy Lockridge, Clint Eastwood, Graciela Rivers, Los Angeles, mystery novels, San Pedro, Terrell McCaleb
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Book Review: One Step Beyond by Mike Pearson
One Step Beyond: A Teenage Odyssey in 1980s Los Angeles by Mike Pearson (illustrated by Robert E. Richards) Missing Words Publishing 299 pages Rating: 9/10 Summary: Pearson’s memoir One Step Beyond is a 1980s version of the classic “coming-of-age” tale. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, California, David Wallechinsky, Hunter S. Thompson, Los Angeles, Michael Medved, Mike Pearson, One Step Beyond, Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, punk rock, Ralph Steadman, Robert E. Richards, What Really Happened to the Class of '65
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Book Review: Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys
Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys Steven Gaines New American Library 355 pages Copyright 1986 Rating: 8/10 Summary: The Beach Boys’ music offers a great diversion from life’s humdrum realities. The men behind that music are … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Jardine, Bob Woodward, Bruce Johnston, California, Carl Wilson, Charles Manson, Dennis Wilson, Glen Campbell, Hawthorne California, Heroes and Villains, John Belushi, Kokomo, Los Angeles, Mike Love, Murry Wilson, Steven Gaines, The Beach Boys, Wired
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Book Review – The Billionaire Boys Club by Sue Horton
The Billionaire Boys Club by Sue Horton St. Martin’s Press 354 pages Copyright 1989 Rating – 9 / 10 Summary – The Billionaire Boys Club is an unbelievable, well-written tale of murder among the Los Angeles jet set. True crime … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Beverly Hills, Chicago, commodities exchange, Fred Wapner, FRon Levin, Harvard-Westlake school, Hedayat Eslaminia, Horatio Alger, jet set, Joe Hunt, Joseph Gamsky, Judge Wapner, Los Angeles, murder, Reza Elaminia, Sue Horton, The Billionaire Boys Club, true crime, University of Southern California, USC
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Book Review: Sleaze by L.A. Morse
Sleaze by L.A. Morse Avon Books Copyright 1985 222 pages Rating – 4/10 Summary – In the 1980s, L.A. Morse got everyone’s attention by creating a politically-incorrect p.i. named Sam Hunter and loading the Hunter books with sex and violence. … Continue reading
Book Review: The Dating Game Killer by Stella Sands
The Dating Game Killer by Stella Sands St. Martin’s Paperbacks Copyright 2011 404 pages Rating – 7/10 Summary – Rodney Alcala’s life and awful crimes will interest readers but the book could have been so much better. Review – Rodney … Continue reading
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