Joseph Wambaugh
22) The onion field
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A true story about a case that changed LAPD policies forever. Two plainclothes LAPD officers were abducted and one was brutally executed, the other escaped. The criminals managed to drag the justice process on for years." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In a super follow-up to Hollywood Station, Wambaugh returns to the beat he knows best, taking readers on a darkly funny ride-along with a cast of flawed LAPD cops and eccentric lowlifes you won't forget.
When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems. To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck...
When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems. To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and trying not to get killed. If you're a cop in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with the most overwrought, desperate, and deluded criminals anywhere. When you're patrolling Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards, neither a good reputation nor the lessons of scandals past will help you keep your cool, your sanity, or your life when things heat up.The robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store, complete...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Details the lives of LAPD officers in an anthology of realistic and gritty accounts of what it meant to carry a badge in '70s Los Angeles. The hit series became a major influence of many critically acclaimed shows that followed, including Hill Street Blues; NYPD Blue and Homicide: Life On The Street.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Airing on NBC from 1973-1978, this anthology series, based on the work of ex-cop turned author Joseph Wambaugh, became the archetype for many critically-acclaimed cop shows that followed. With no regular cast, the show rotated actors and further distinguished itself from its predecessors by its multidimensional portrayal of its protagonists. Its gripping episodes took on difficult issues like police corruption and the stresses that can come with a...
