Laguna: a place where every day the sun makes a promise the nighttime breaks; where the super-rich live out expensive fantasies in posh beach houses and drown their memories in Cuervo Gold margaritas; where trouble has swept in like a Santa Ana wind, blowing the cover off a world of torture, murder, and blood-red secrets.
It's also a place where a crazed killer has turned paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violence - with a fiery vengeance - and where homicide cop Tom Shephard unravels a grisly mystery. It reaches back across 40 years of sordid sex, blackmail, and suicide into the dark corners of his own past, forcing him to sweat out a deadly truth in the sweltering Laguna Heat.
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"Very good book. Parker is one of my favorite authors so I like pretty much everything he writes. This is his first book. Don't know why it took so long to get to it." — Lynette (5 out of 5 stars)
"Very good book. Parker is one of my favorite authors so I like pretty much everything he writes. This is his first book. Don't know why it took so long to get to it."
" Several of the subplots were too farfetched. Much of the ending was too predictable. (I really do hate to be right!!) "
" Meh. A pretty standard detective story, except that it stretched credibility to the breaking point, the main character seemed weak and tepid, and the whole story just didn't interest me very much. "
" My first read by this author. Enjoyable! "
" My favorite (along with "Silent Joe") of all Parker's novels. This guy can write! "
" Written in 1985. Parker has improved with age. Very hard book for me to get into. I did finish it but did not beleve in it. Enough said. "
" Interesting. References to Orange County very entertaining, if you are familiary with some of the region's politics and civic "leaders". "
" LOVE LOVE LOVE T.J. Parker. This is one of the earlier ones, and I really like it. "
" Returning home after a stint in the LAPD, Tom Sheppard has to solve several vicious murders reaching back to his cop father's generation. A bit far fetched and twisted. "
" I liked the local flavor of this novel. It gave me a feeling of what Laguna Beach could have been like in the early 70's. "
" Could really feel the California setting, much like James Lee Burke makes you feel the Louisiana heat. Great first novel. On to the next one... "
" wonderful Southern California atmosphere, evocative writing, great storytelling "
" Plot, flow, language, all pretty good - just not my favorite genre. "
T. Jefferson Parker is the author of numerous novels and short stories, the winner of three Edgar Awards, and the recipient of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he was an award-winning reporter.
Christopher Lane is an award-winning actor, director, and narrator. He has been awarded the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration several times and has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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