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Laguna Heat
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312952051
ISBN: 0312952058
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: August 15, 1993
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Editorial Review:
Laguna...
Where every day the sun makes a promise the nighttime breaks, while the super-rich live out expensive fantasies in posh beach houses and drown their memories in Cuervo Gold margaritas...
Laguna...
Where trouble has swept in like a Santa Ana wind, blowing the cover off a world of torture, murder and blood-red secrets
Laguna...
Where a crazed killer has turned paradise into a Disneyland of depraved violance--with a fiery vengeance--and where homicide cop Tom Shephard unravels a grisly mystery that reaches back across forty years of sordid sex, blackmail, and suicide into the dark corners of his own past, and sweats out a deadly truth in the sweltering..
Laguna Heat
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Not bad as a debut!
Jefferson Parker must be a fan of Raymond Chandler and especially Ross MacDonald as their influences are prevalent throughout this book.
I found that Parker's book was quite readable although maybe a little long-winded. I prefer the shorter books like MacDonald used to write.
I think the author planned on this being the start of a series featuring his hero but it doesn't seem to have taken place as yet.
Worth a read if you like the gumshoe detective-type books ... Read More
Rating:  - Laguna Heat - 1st One Down, Now On to #2
Laguna Heat is a decent 1st book that I'm sure has a primary goal of setting the background for the next book.
The main character (Tom Shepard) is strong, intelligent, sensitive and an average man who is going through one emotional struggle after another. He's divorced and struggling to make it as a private investigator. His first case has him reassessing his life.
This story has semi-transparent story-lines with a few twists and turns along the way. Character development ... Read More
Rating: - Parker's first
T. Jefferson Parker is one of today's very best crime writers. Plotting, character, dialogue, all play out in a balanced and believable fashion in any given novel. "Blue Hour," "Silent Joe," take your pick. Parker is the kind of writer that makes other "name" writers jealous, simply because he's better. It's a shame his work has not found its way to the screen. But even fine writers have their beginnings, and for Parker "Laguna Heat," is his.
"Laguna ... Read More
Rating:  - Great Debut!
I really enjoyed Laguna Heat. T. Jefferson Parker knows Orange County, where I've lived forever. This book has a top of the line story, great characters, and a real ambience. I am slowly reading through all of Parker's titles. I expect to be thoroughly entertained for quite a while.
Rating: - GOOD BUT NEWER BETTER!
This is a very good mystery. Tom Shephard has come back home to be the lead detective in Laguna Beach. People keep getting killed and no one knows why. Tom figures out what the person looks like but still no why. The mystery goes back to events of many years ago. He keeps digging and comes up with the answers. The ending is very surprising. Can't say much more without giving away who the killer is. I think you will like this book if you like a fast moving book that will hold your attention and keep you guessing. ... Read More
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