Rough Cut

Antonio "Chico" Cervantes #2

by Bruce Cook

Los Angeles private eye Antonio "Chico" Cervantes returns, caring for a pregnant prostitute, Alicia, and taking a job guarding Ursula Toller, a film director's spoiled daughter, from kidnappers

231 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Bruce Alexander Cook was an American journalist and author who also wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander. He wrote historical fiction and nonfiction.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Cook's first book was a nonfiction work, The Beat Generation, published in 1971. His first novel was Chicago-based Sex Life, in 1978.

He wrote four novels featuring Los Angeles detective Antonio "Chico" Cervantes under the name Bruce Cook and also a series of novels about the blind magistrate Sir John Fielding, the real-life founder of London's first police force, under the name Bruce Alexander, the last of which was published posthumously by his widow and writer John Shannon. Young Will: The Confessions of William Shakespeare was also published posthumously.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. It's the second in a series, and I read the first some time ago. With this book, I think the author is loosening up a little. It has lots of action, and also lots of humor. I like the characters, especially the main character, Antonio Cervantes. To me, a very enjoyable book.

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: Los Angeles PI Antonio, Chico Cervantes is caring for a pregnant prostitute, and guarding a film director's spoiled daughter.