L.A. Rex

Beall, William

ISBN 10: 0143059203 ISBN 13: 9780143059202

Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks, 2006

Synopsis

New to the LAPD's 77th Division, young police officer Ben Halloran and his oddly principled partner find themselves caught in a web of violent corruption involving the Crip gang and the Mexican mafia, a situation that brings up demons from Halloran's complicated past and forces him to choose between his beliefs and survival. A first novel. Simultaneous.

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Review

""L.A. Rex" is a stunning debut. A gritty tale dripping with truth it could only have come from a writer who has lived the life." Michael Connelly
""L.A. Rex" is to the twenty-first century noir thriller what "Apocalypse Now" was to the twentieth-century war movies: vivid, powerful, imaginative, unique." Joseph Wambaugh
"A brutal and dynamic novel about patrolling the City of Angels in the post-Rodney King era. "L.A. Rex" reads like a combination of Joseph Wambaugh and Tom Wolfe." "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Has the crackle and spark of what one could easily imagine was life on the streets in 1998 Los Angeles, a city still on edge after the Rodney King riots...Beall excels at painting a slang-rich world of cops and criminals." "Los Angeles Times"
"A kind of crime fighter's bildungsroman...It's hard to imagine a better training ground for crime writing than police work." "The New York Times Book Review"
"Will Beall is as tough as they come, and "L.A. Rex" is really good in all the right ways. It is intelligent, powerfully written, and pulses with raw authenticity." Robert B. Parker"

"L.A. Rex is a stunning debut. A gritty tale dripping with truth it could only have come from a writer who has lived the life." Michael Connelly
"L.A. Rex is to the twenty-first century noir thriller what Apocalypse Now was to the twentieth-century war movies: vivid, powerful, imaginative, unique." Joseph Wambaugh
"A brutal and dynamic novel about patrolling the City of Angels in the post-Rodney King era. L.A. Rex reads like a combination of Joseph Wambaugh and Tom Wolfe." The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Has the crackle and spark of what one could easily imagine was life on the streets in 1998 Los Angeles, a city still on edge after the Rodney King riots...Beall excels at painting a slang-rich world of cops and criminals." Los Angeles Times
"A kind of crime fighter's bildungsroman...It's hard to imagine a better training ground for crime writing than police work." The New York Times Book Review
"Will Beall is as tough as they come, and L.A. Rex is really good in all the right ways. It is intelligent, powerfully written, and pulses with raw authenticity." Robert B. Parker"

About the Author

Will Beall is an officer in the LAPD's 77th Division, which covers South Central Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143059203
• ISBN 13: 9780143059202
• Binding: Audio CD