Sweet La-LA Land

Whistler #3

by Robert Wright Campbell

Private eye Whistler, seeking an ex-flame's son, becomes involved with homeless kids, a murderous ex-con, Satanism, and the lurid violence of L.A.'s mean streets

Genres: Fiction

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

A screenwriter who turned to writing novels. Many of his earlier books were published as by R. Wright Campbell but later works were credited to Robert W. Campbell or simply Robert Campbell. He also published one book as F.G. Clinton. For more, see his obituary in the Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

[Joe Moffa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first in a series of wonderful, raunchy, debauched post-noir portraits of Los Angeles. Memorable characters, wild plots, it's Hopper's "Nighthawks" come to bloody life. Not for the faint of heart.

[Brian O'Leary · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like the first one than the second one, which is a good thing.