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Walker / Tamiko L.A.P.D. Adventures #1
Citadel Run
A Calico Jack Walker / Tina Tamiko L.A.P.D. novel...
It's 1977 and veteran L.A.P.D. cop Calico Jack Walker and his rookie partner, Tina Tamiko, are planning to make Calico's last shift on the job something special - but plans, as they do, come apart because Walker and Tamiko are good cops no matter what the cost . . . even if they're L.A. cops, in uniform, in their patrol car, on duty, and way out of their jurisdiction on the Las Vegas Strip...When a major crime is going down, good cops never hesitate...
It's 1977 and veteran L.A.P.D. cop Calico Jack Walker and his rookie partner, Tina Tamiko, are planning to make Calico's last shift on the job something special - but plans, as they do, come apart because Walker and Tamiko are good cops no matter what the cost . . . even if they're L.A. cops, in uniform, in their patrol car, on duty, and way out of their jurisdiction on the Las Vegas Strip...When a major crime is going down, good cops never hesitate...
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1987
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About the author
Paul Bishop
158 books62 followersA thirty-five year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, Paul Bishop’s career has included a three year tour with his department's Anti-Terrorist Division and over twenty-five years’ experience in the investigation of sex crimes. His Special Assaults Units regularly produced the highest number of detective initiated arrests and highest crime clearance rates in the city. Twice honored as Detective of the Year, Paul also received the Quality and Productivity Commission Award from the City of Los Angeles.
As a nationally recognized interrogator, Paul starred as the lead interrogator and driving force behind the ABC TV reality show Take The Money And Run from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his expertise in deception detection, he currently conducts interrogation seminars for law enforcement, military, and human resource organizations.
Paul has published twelve novels, including five in his L.A.P.D. Detective Fey Croaker series. He has also written numerous scripts for episodic television and feature films. He currently writes and edits the Fight Card series of hardboiled boxing novel under the pseudonym Jack Tunney.
As a nationally recognized interrogator, Paul starred as the lead interrogator and driving force behind the ABC TV reality show Take The Money And Run from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Based on his expertise in deception detection, he currently conducts interrogation seminars for law enforcement, military, and human resource organizations.
Paul has published twelve novels, including five in his L.A.P.D. Detective Fey Croaker series. He has also written numerous scripts for episodic television and feature films. He currently writes and edits the Fight Card series of hardboiled boxing novel under the pseudonym Jack Tunney.
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November 16, 2018
A somewhat different angle
The decent storyline, characterization could have been tighter, decent intrigue and the intensity was minimal. All in all just a bit above improbable
The decent storyline, characterization could have been tighter, decent intrigue and the intensity was minimal. All in all just a bit above improbable
March 26, 2018
It’s great that Wolfpack Publishing has rediscovered and issued new editions of HOT PURSUIT and DEEP WATER, Paul Bishop’s novels about LAPD cops Calico Jack Walker and Tina Tamiko. Bishop has written other novels about LAPD detectives that I’ve enjoyed. His 35-years as an LAPD detective himself and his skill as a writer make them all especially good cop novels, in the league of writers like Joseph Wambaugh. But I have a special fondness for his Calico Jack Walker and Tina Tamiko characters. Jack is a tough, gruff veteran nearing retirement who rides bulls and broncs in the rodeo in his spare time. That alone makes him particularly intriguing. In fact, the first chapter of HOT PURSUIT, which starts with Jack riding a bull, is one of the best opening chapters of a novel I’ve ever read. Bishop’s description of what eight seconds on a huge bull is like is pure writing genius. Tina Tamiko is a rookie cop who is the only female officer of Japanese descent in the department. The novel is set in the 1970s, so she’s an anomaly and a target of sexist and racist jibes from other cops. Jack is her training officer. They bond and go after several memorable bad guys together, creating some terrific action scenes. They also take on other cops in a semi-friendly, unauthorized race to Las Vegas that takes a dangerous turn. Jack and Tamiko are not cookie cutter cop characters and HOT PURSUIT is not your typical police procedural novel. Nor is the follow-up novel DEEP WATER. I highly recommend them both. 5 stars!
February 18, 2023
An excellent and unique police procedural. The main plot involves two sets of Los Angeles cops making a bet. One night while on duty, they will have an unauthorized race from L.A. to Las Vegas and back. The protagonists--30-year veteran "Calico" Walker and his relatively new parter Tina Tamiko--are the pair we are rooting for.
Before the race happens, there will be a series of incidents both set up the main plot and help clearly established the personalities of the characters. This includes a roof-top chase to catch an arsonist that comes to a violent and macabre end--an event which is one of the most intense action sequences I've read in a long time.
All this helps us get to know Calico and Tina, reinforce their loyalty to each other, and teach us that they are good cops. It's excellent storytelling--introducing us to the characters while moving the plot along briskly.
By the time we get to the race, there is stuff going on to make things more interesting. Calico and Tina encounter a violent biker gang along the way. A prisoner Calico put away has arrange for someone to kill the cop. And in Las Vegas, a thief is planning to knock over a casino. That Calico and Tina will get caught up in stopping the heist is not surprising, but how this actually plays out is wonderful.
I should say that Paul Bishop has been kind enough to allow me to co-host his Six Gun Justice podcast several times and posts my reviews of Western novels on the Six Gun blog. But my review of his book is sincere. It's an excellent and exciting procedural with great protagonists.
Before the race happens, there will be a series of incidents both set up the main plot and help clearly established the personalities of the characters. This includes a roof-top chase to catch an arsonist that comes to a violent and macabre end--an event which is one of the most intense action sequences I've read in a long time.
All this helps us get to know Calico and Tina, reinforce their loyalty to each other, and teach us that they are good cops. It's excellent storytelling--introducing us to the characters while moving the plot along briskly.
By the time we get to the race, there is stuff going on to make things more interesting. Calico and Tina encounter a violent biker gang along the way. A prisoner Calico put away has arrange for someone to kill the cop. And in Las Vegas, a thief is planning to knock over a casino. That Calico and Tina will get caught up in stopping the heist is not surprising, but how this actually plays out is wonderful.
I should say that Paul Bishop has been kind enough to allow me to co-host his Six Gun Justice podcast several times and posts my reviews of Western novels on the Six Gun blog. But my review of his book is sincere. It's an excellent and exciting procedural with great protagonists.
May 14, 2018
Anyone familiar with the classic Lethal Weapon films will immediately be able to identify with at least a rough idea of the targets Hot Pursuit is aiming at. Some humour, some slapstick, some larger than life characters and a little excitement to add some spice to the mix.
It's not a bad effort and Walker, the older grizzled cop and Tamiko his youthful ninja-like partner make for an interesting combination as Murtagh and Riggs did. Walker though is more like an older version of Riggs and there is no conservative Murtagh in this pair.
There are of course larger than life villains, obnoxious colleagues to pick fights with and the mandatory idiot boss out to bust their balls. Peter Borys does a very credible job narrating this very American production though I wouldn't recommend listening while driving as the sound effects employed include frequent police sirens in the background that will have you looking around wondering what's going on!
The story is of course ridiculous though given the author's credentials he possibly knows a thing or two that I don't about police work and the like. Whether you'll like this or not depends on how in tune you get with the character chemistry and the humour. At first I really wasn't sure but I was chuckling along by the end and certainly wouldn't object to more of this developing series being released on Audible.
It's not a bad effort and Walker, the older grizzled cop and Tamiko his youthful ninja-like partner make for an interesting combination as Murtagh and Riggs did. Walker though is more like an older version of Riggs and there is no conservative Murtagh in this pair.
There are of course larger than life villains, obnoxious colleagues to pick fights with and the mandatory idiot boss out to bust their balls. Peter Borys does a very credible job narrating this very American production though I wouldn't recommend listening while driving as the sound effects employed include frequent police sirens in the background that will have you looking around wondering what's going on!
The story is of course ridiculous though given the author's credentials he possibly knows a thing or two that I don't about police work and the like. Whether you'll like this or not depends on how in tune you get with the character chemistry and the humour. At first I really wasn't sure but I was chuckling along by the end and certainly wouldn't object to more of this developing series being released on Audible.
January 23, 2019
This was my first book in the A.Walker/ Tamiko series, 2 police officers who couldn't be more different. Walker a 30 year veteran divorced with a teen age son. Family a rookie by racial rookie product of a English mother and Asian father the only daughter who had 3 older brothers. They are partners in the grave yard shift in LA, the author is able to make you feel what woman police officers go through and the reaction of men when they feel threatened. The storyline was awesome and I enjoyed the ending
June 18, 2020
Fun Reading
LAPD years ago sounds as though it might very well have been fun for the patrol officers. This is the story of the last week of Calico Jack Walker’s thirty year career. It tells of some of the events he and his young female Japanese partner must deal with and, best of all, tells of an on shift race to and from Las Vegas between Calico, Tina and a pair of metro cops. It was full of action and written very visually. I’m surprised they never made a movie of it! Thanks to the author and publisher for an e-galley for an honest review.
LAPD years ago sounds as though it might very well have been fun for the patrol officers. This is the story of the last week of Calico Jack Walker’s thirty year career. It tells of some of the events he and his young female Japanese partner must deal with and, best of all, tells of an on shift race to and from Las Vegas between Calico, Tina and a pair of metro cops. It was full of action and written very visually. I’m surprised they never made a movie of it! Thanks to the author and publisher for an e-galley for an honest review.
May 14, 2018
I thought this was a very fun book. The story was exciting and the writing was excellent. I thought the sound effects in the audiobook really added to the story without being distracting.
I highly recommend this book and look forward to the next one.
I highly recommend this book and look forward to the next one.
September 3, 2018
Fantastic Read
Loved the characters. Realistic police drama with fast gritty action. Made me feel like I was there. Could not put the book down and look forward the more incolving these characters.
Loved the characters. Realistic police drama with fast gritty action. Made me feel like I was there. Could not put the book down and look forward the more incolving these characters.
January 20, 2018
Hot Pursuit
This is a good read and it starts off well then gets going and doesn't stop. The story is a bit different but still is a good mystery adventure.
This is a good read and it starts off well then gets going and doesn't stop. The story is a bit different but still is a good mystery adventure.
February 17, 2018
A book that could only have been written by a cop. Paul Bishop was a LAPD Cop for 35 years and still lectures on interrogation techniques. Hot Pursuit was a great read
January 12, 2019
Excellent plot
Plenty of action and suspense. A different look at old time coppers. Will try another book by this author for sure.
Plenty of action and suspense. A different look at old time coppers. Will try another book by this author for sure.
May 15, 2019
Decent but predictable
August 5, 2021
Difficult to stick with due to the cringe inducing dialogue.
October 20, 2012
I found "Hot Pursuit" listed on a promotional email for free Amazon e-books and found the book description intriguing. I've never read a police story before and thought I'd give Paul Bishop's book a try. I was hooked from the very beginning and found it difficult to put the book down. Jack Walker is a crusty police veteran, willing to risk his health and retirement in order to maintain his image. The story opens with Jack in the final event of a rodeo (his hobby). He was the all around champion last year, but is at risk of losing the title if he is not able to stay on top of the most evil bull in the world until the bell rings. His risky technique for holding on may help him win the event, but it could also cause him severe injury or the loss of his life. "Whatever it takes" is his motto to win.
Police work is not the safest job in the world and an officer will always expect to be in put in harms way sometime during his shift. Jack is ready to retire at the end of the week and his partner, Tamiko, is a rookie at the end of her probationary period. They depend upon one another for survival and develop a special bond over time; protecting and supporting each other in the face of adversity. Even if it means losing your career and pension.
Together, Jack and Tamiko make a fine team - successfully taking out the bad guys. Some of the police officers in their unit are not so lucky and find themselves on death's doorstep. It's almost over for Jack and he's finally looking toward retirement at the end of the week. A challenge from a cop in the Central Division puts all that at risk. It seems that Calico Jack Walker also holds the record for the fastest time of a squad car driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back within the course of a work shift. This is against policy and cause for dismissal, but to Jack Walker it is well worth the risk to keep his record intact. A Race is scheduled during Jack's last shift as a police officer. Some want him to fail and lose the race, thus, forfeiting his pension. Others are supportive and will cover his back. Tamiko, as his partner in "crime" will also be booted from the police force. Jack is confident of winning and will do whatever it takes.
Once a cop - always a cop, meaning that if a crime is in progress, it is his obligation to take action and catch the perpetrators - regardless if it is in his jurisdiction or not. When Jack and Tamiko find themselves in that situation when reaching Las Vegas, no decision is needed. They are obligated to take action even if it means to lose the race and everything else they've worked for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all. Hot Pursuit will keep you on the edge of your seat - Paul Bishop has created a masterpiece.
John Podlaski, author
Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel
Police work is not the safest job in the world and an officer will always expect to be in put in harms way sometime during his shift. Jack is ready to retire at the end of the week and his partner, Tamiko, is a rookie at the end of her probationary period. They depend upon one another for survival and develop a special bond over time; protecting and supporting each other in the face of adversity. Even if it means losing your career and pension.
Together, Jack and Tamiko make a fine team - successfully taking out the bad guys. Some of the police officers in their unit are not so lucky and find themselves on death's doorstep. It's almost over for Jack and he's finally looking toward retirement at the end of the week. A challenge from a cop in the Central Division puts all that at risk. It seems that Calico Jack Walker also holds the record for the fastest time of a squad car driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and back within the course of a work shift. This is against policy and cause for dismissal, but to Jack Walker it is well worth the risk to keep his record intact. A Race is scheduled during Jack's last shift as a police officer. Some want him to fail and lose the race, thus, forfeiting his pension. Others are supportive and will cover his back. Tamiko, as his partner in "crime" will also be booted from the police force. Jack is confident of winning and will do whatever it takes.
Once a cop - always a cop, meaning that if a crime is in progress, it is his obligation to take action and catch the perpetrators - regardless if it is in his jurisdiction or not. When Jack and Tamiko find themselves in that situation when reaching Las Vegas, no decision is needed. They are obligated to take action even if it means to lose the race and everything else they've worked for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all. Hot Pursuit will keep you on the edge of your seat - Paul Bishop has created a masterpiece.
John Podlaski, author
Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel
May 2, 2012
Calico Jack Walker and his new female partner, Tina Tamiko, are L.A.P.D. cops. Calico is nearing retirement after 30 years of duty. He's an exceptional lawman and teaches his young partner, Tina, the ropes. But she has some skills that he lacks, and can hold her own against the most aggressive criminal. Calico and another officer after years of contention finally pair off challenging each other to a secretive car race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and return. They're supposed to be on duty and thus Calico puts his retirement pension at risk. Author Paul Bishop is a former L.A.P.D. police official himself and knows his stuff. A fantastic, fast paced, and action packed novel that you won't want to put down. You'll want to check out his other novels, too.
August 23, 2015
One shell of a ride
Calico just needs to get through this week and then he is retired. But things haven't gone as planned, there is a killer after him his ex wife wants half of his pension. He has fallen for his partner Tina who is younger and one help of a cop. Can he win one last race and get to keep the girl. He is going to go fishing with his son and be the father that he needs. A story full of action and laughs
Calico just needs to get through this week and then he is retired. But things haven't gone as planned, there is a killer after him his ex wife wants half of his pension. He has fallen for his partner Tina who is younger and one help of a cop. Can he win one last race and get to keep the girl. He is going to go fishing with his son and be the father that he needs. A story full of action and laughs
October 26, 2012
A fun read. Highly entertaining. My edition, ebook, had some grammatical errors, but none severely limited the story. It is a book about the brotherhood of law enforcement and the brotherhood of criminals. Shades of COOL HAND LUKE were in the really cool characters no matter on what side of the law they were found.
August 6, 2009
This was a funny, outrageous book and I loved it. I have to read more of Paul Bishop.
October 17, 2018
Good book, likeable characters. I rate it 4.3 stars.
March 17, 2018
Read it. It is one of the most excellent and fast paced thrillers I have read in months.
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