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City On Fire: Five LAPD Thrillers
FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE, DALLAS BARNES, PROVIDES UNNERVING SUSPENSE AND SHOCKING INSIGHT ON CHILLING SEX AND PREJUDICED CRIMES.Detective Sergeant Lee Hollister is an experienced cop who is finding justice is an elusive goal as it snakes its way through contemporary society. He silently hopes his life choices aren’t a reflection of what he sees wrong in others.Detective Bobbi Marshal is an attractive woman whose beauty turns heads. Ironically, she and her partner comprise the LAPD Wilshire Division sex team. Bobbi—mature, sophisticated, capable, and compassionate—finds herself working and competing in a man’s world.Detective Sergeant Stryker and Detective West are a “Salt & Pepper” team. Besides race, there’s one crucial difference between the at End of Watch, Stryker drives out of the ghetto into an upscale community. West has a much shorter drive.But at the end of the day, it’s just a matter of time and cunning…and who’s going to make the first fatal mistake.Join four detectives as they navigate the chilling world of sex crimes and prejudice in five thrilling police procedurals. Will they outsmart the darkness before it’s too late?City on Fire includes City of Passion, Badge of Honor, Deadly Justice, See the Woman, and Yesterday is Dead.
1131 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 4, 2020
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March 19, 2021
Good stories, very poor editing
I don't believe there's been editing at all, so poor.
Aside from that, I enjoyed the stories and the characters. Down to earth people with all the emotions and drama. Huge racism involved, but, this was indicative of the time frame involved, so it was\is reality.
I don't believe there's been editing at all, so poor.
Aside from that, I enjoyed the stories and the characters. Down to earth people with all the emotions and drama. Huge racism involved, but, this was indicative of the time frame involved, so it was\is reality.
June 24, 2020
Outstanding!
I read a lot of books and I must say Dallas Barnes is one of the best Authors that I've read in some time! Mr Barnes knows how to be very funny and and still be serious at the same time.
I read a lot of books and I must say Dallas Barnes is one of the best Authors that I've read in some time! Mr Barnes knows how to be very funny and and still be serious at the same time.
May 18, 2021
Retired LAPD cop...
...Writes 'male version', of Nanny Porn...
With, sexist slant... And, pejorative racial overtones and verbiage... From, 'another era'... Of LAPD's 'multi-faceted' and 'forever changing' history and makeup...
...Writes 'male version', of Nanny Porn...
With, sexist slant... And, pejorative racial overtones and verbiage... From, 'another era'... Of LAPD's 'multi-faceted' and 'forever changing' history and makeup...
September 23, 2021
City On Fire books
This was a very engrossing Series, well written and full of pathos, hard to put down. I enjoyed the stories and could identify with the characters as I also was a homicide investigator
This was a very engrossing Series, well written and full of pathos, hard to put down. I enjoyed the stories and could identify with the characters as I also was a homicide investigator
August 8, 2025
Another GREAT NOVEL by Dallas Barnes
Dallas Barnes cannot write great books fast enough for me. He is the master of suspense and in my opinion the very best contemporary author and I read many different good authors, but none compare to Mr. Barnes
Dallas Barnes cannot write great books fast enough for me. He is the master of suspense and in my opinion the very best contemporary author and I read many different good authors, but none compare to Mr. Barnes
July 10, 2020
Fair
Plots are too long. Rather confusing and over long. Characters are trite and not well drawn. Could have been much shorter.
Plots are too long. Rather confusing and over long. Characters are trite and not well drawn. Could have been much shorter.
September 16, 2020
Good read
A police adventure series, adventure in that there are five novels to entertain you. All violent but isn't that police live with?
A police adventure series, adventure in that there are five novels to entertain you. All violent but isn't that police live with?
February 18, 2023
All most all of the stories collected here were reworked into episodes of the TV series Hunter. You might be better off firing up Peacock or some other steamer and watching them that way.
December 22, 2020
This collection includes 5 fast-paced and edgy cop thrillers written by former LAPD Detective Dallas Barnes in the 80's. Barnes' novels have been adapted into episodes of popular cop shows like HUNTER and TJ HOOKER (Both shows adapted variations of the serial rapist story "City of Passion"). Barnes has also written screenplays for plenty of shows. So, essentially, these tales have a good technical foundation to match the tough tales. I have only read the first couple so far and the only thing keeping me from giving a full 5-star review is the fact that while reading the first two stories there seemed to be a narrative gap that might be due to its transition from paperback to Kindle formats. I would be reading a section and there would be a jump in the narrative that doesn't appear to be the fault of the writer. It just looks as though either whomever was transcribing the story messed up or there was an error in the digital formatting and transcription. I've re-read the areas and my Kindle App is working perfectly and the pages are numbered correctly. That's why I think it's a transcription error. Still, it's a interesting collection to read if you want fast paced cop thrillers.
March 4, 2020
What a ride ! Sometimes it rains , sometimes it pours , and sometimes the trail is dry as the desert . When the good guys go after the bad guys it is not always solved in an hour.
And sometimes the trail grows cold and another case pops up and then the two twist into a rollercoaster ride and wham
stops at the bottom then jerks and glides to a stop .
And sometimes the trail grows cold and another case pops up and then the two twist into a rollercoaster ride and wham
stops at the bottom then jerks and glides to a stop .
March 4, 2020
Hardcore Cop Tales from Firsthand Experience!
Although not a big fan of cop stories, I couldn't put these stories down once I started; perhaps it's Barnes' realistic firsthand experience of the sometimes dangerous and often thankless job of our law enforcement personnel. Interesting, Entertaining and educational.
Although not a big fan of cop stories, I couldn't put these stories down once I started; perhaps it's Barnes' realistic firsthand experience of the sometimes dangerous and often thankless job of our law enforcement personnel. Interesting, Entertaining and educational.
September 23, 2020
Thoroughly enjoyable reads
Have some police in the family, so over the years I've heard tales similar to those in this collection. Well written, comical at times, always entertaining. Well done, Dallas Barnes.
Have some police in the family, so over the years I've heard tales similar to those in this collection. Well written, comical at times, always entertaining. Well done, Dallas Barnes.
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