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(More customer reviews)THE PRINCE OF PALOS VERDES takes place in Palos Verdes, California. Full disclosure: I live in Palos Verdes and I know Stephen Smoke. He's written a lot of novels and is a good writer.
But he writes about an aspect of PV I am not familiar with--the sexual antics of the very rich. Needless to say, not all of us residents are rich or sexually antical (is that a word?). What have we been missing?
Sawyer Black, a retired LAPD homicide detective is now rich, apparently from writing mysteries and having movies made out of them. When the wife of his billionaire friend, Justin Wright, is murdered, Wright asks Sawyer to help out, whatever that means. What it means is that Sawyer talks to a lot of rich people at eating and drinking establishments in and around Palos Verdes, all correctly identified, drinks a lot of fancy alcoholic beverages and learns about sexcapades that would make Casanova blush. In the evening he pets the koi fish in his backyard pond and wonders why his marriage is falling apart.
The plot of the book is well laid out. There are plenty of suspects, and they all get enough page time for you to form your own opinions about them. You will also find out what rich people like to eat and drink, and what a mess they make of their personal lives. (I suspect that not all of them live like this. Isn't Bill Gates faithful to his wife?) Their mansions are described, as well as the views from Palos Verdes (which is a hilly peninsula overlooking Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean).
If you like to live vicariously through the eyes of people most of us don't associate with, this book is for you. So jump into your Rolls; we're off to sip Grey Goose martinis and talk about sex parties...er, sorry, honey, if you've been listening I meant poker parties.
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The Prince of Palos Verdes: A Sawyer Black NovelJustin Wright is a collector...of things and people. Nothing in his multi-billion dollar empire was more precious to him than his wife, Judy. And nothing had ever threatened that empire...until the night he discovered Judy's dead body in the foyer of their Palos Verdes mansion.Sawyer Black is a retired LAPD homicide detective who now writes crime novels, some of which have been made into feature films. He leads an idyllic life in Palos Verdes and spends most evenings sipping brandy while petting fish in his koi pond and watching the sun melt into the Pacific. But his life, not unlike the lives of the characters in his novels, is not always what it seems. His marriage is in trouble, he's drinking too much...and his friend's wife has just been murdered.When Justin Wright becomes the prime suspect in his wife's murder, and his life and freedom hang in the balance, he turns to Sawyer for help.But Sawyer is not sure he can save his friend...until he saves himself.
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