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Reteaming a decade after their award-nominated first collaboration, Bruen and Starr complete the saga of wannabe druglord Max Fisher and his one-time assistant Angela, now working in the capital of sin and depravity: Hollywood. My Review This is the first book I have read in this series. After reading this book I will be checking out the past books in the series. The slap silly antics, conversations, and appropriate and inappropriate references to celebrities had me laughing. Reading this book was more like watching a movie play out in my head. There is so much happening yet too so much that I got confused. This book has the feel of a classic, gangster story. Max and Angela are great together. They are kind of like Clyde and Bonnie. Then there are the dumb cops. Oh my gosh it was like they could not find their way out of a paper bag. Yet they made for good entertainment. I read the first 12 chapters in one sitting. The story got better and better as I went along. Warning: Th...

Mitchell has just spent three years in the slammer for a crime he claims he was not guilty for. Now that Mitchell has been released for good behavior, he plans to make the most of his second chance by turning his life around. Unfortunately, trying to better yourself is hard to do when your only ride are people from your past. Good buddy, Billy Norton is happy to see Mitchell. There is one problem...Billy works for a notorious loan shark by the name of Tommy Logan. Tommy wants Mitchell to work for him. That is the last thing Mitchell wants. Luckily, Mitchell ends up landing a job as a handy man for one time famous actress, Lillian Palmer. From the first moment Mitchell lays eyes on Lillian, he is memorized by her beauty. Lillian is a recluse. She hides out a lot in her bedroom. Though, Mitchell works for Lillian, it is really Jordan, who calls the shots. I really liked Mitchell. He was a bit of a softie but don’t tell him that. When it came to his sister, he is the perfect brother. When...

When Mitchell is released from prison after serving three years for a vicious attack he doesn’t even remember, Billy Norton is there to pick him up. But Norton works for Tommy Logan, a ruthless loan shark lowlife with plans Mitchell wants nothing to do with. Attempting to stay out of Logan ’s way, he finds work at the Holland Park mansion of faded movie actress, Lillian Palmer, where he has to deal with her mysterious butler, Jordan. It isn’t long before Mitchell’s violent past catches up with him and people start getting hurt. When his disturbed sister Briony is threatened, Mitchell is forced to act. LONDON BOULEVARD will soon be a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley, with the directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning writer for Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed.”