Seventeen months ago the California desert revealed the
remains of Jack Watson. The rich man's son was found
incinerated in a Rolls-Royce, a bullet in his head. Now, a
year and a half later, Los Angeles Police Department
homicide detective Sidney Blackpool is called into the
desert to take on the case. But what begins for Blackpool is
an investigation sandwiched between golf games in nearby
Palm Springs quickly becomes an obsession.n
nFor the
savage beauty of the wastelands holds man secrets. Secrets
that stir up Blackpool's long suppressed nightmares of his
own son's death. Secrets that threaten to destroy an entire
police department. Secrets that, by rights, should remain
forever buried by the wind in the ageless desert
sands.n
nIn this riveting new novel bestselling author
Joseph Wambaugh jolts our emotions with a powerful new
theme, while continuing to entertain use with his special
brand of bawdy, beautiful, dark humor.
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