Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A Fine first printing of the first edition in an alike dust-jacket.

The novel tells the story of a city on the brink of a cataclysmic meltdown. Los Angeles is a city in crisis, and the pressure is mounting on the police department to handle the mounting crime. The citizens are on edge, and the only thing that seems to be holding the city together is the unflinching resolve of the police officers. When a series of brutal murders rocks the city, the officers are forced to confront the reality that the city is on the brink of total disaster. They are also forced to confront the fact that the city's problems are rooted in its own history and its own culture. As the city falls apart, the officers are the only ones who seem to be able to hold it together. But can they do it in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds?; 8vo; 462 pages; MR, Price check?