David Putnam. Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $26.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-60809-118-8
Putnam’s first novel, a fast-paced tale of idealism and corruption, stars paroled ex-con Bruno Johnson, once a legendary member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s elite Violent Crimes Team, who fears that it’s only a matter of time before his...
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David Putnam. Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $26.95 (330p) ISBN 978-1-60809-137-9
Putnam’s thrilling sequel to 2014’s The Disposables finds Bruno Johnson, a former L.A. sheriff’s cop, settled in Costa Rica with his wife, Marie, and the eight abused children they rescued and took (illegally) from the U.S. Early in his career,...
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David Putnam. Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $26.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-60809-165-2
Putnam’s gripping third Bruno Johnson novel (after 2015’s The Replacements) takes Bruno from Costa Rica, where he fled with the woman who’s now his wife, Marie, and 10 mistreated children he rescued (illegally), back to Los Angeles, to help his...
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-60809-216-1
In Putnam’s action-packed fourth Bruno Johnson novel (after 2016’s The Squandered), the ex-cop must once again leave his home in Costa Rica and return to Los Angeles, where the members of the Sons of Satan, an outlaw motorcycle gang with whom he...
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-60809-257-4
Set in Los Angeles in 1988, Putnam’s uneven fifth Bruno Johnson novel (after 2017’s The Vanquished) opens dramatically. Deputy Bruno’s morning tryst with the captain’s secretary at his East Compton apartment is interrupted by a visit from his former
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-60809-406-6
Putnam’s fast-paced eighth novel featuring L.A. cop Bruno Johnson (after 2020’s The Heartless), the fourth and final prequel, brings events up to the action of The Disposables, the series’ debut. Despite Bruno’s constant grief after the overdose...
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-60809-426-4
Putnam’s pulse-pounding ninth Bruno Johnson novel (after 2021’s The Ruthless) finds Bruno, a former L.A. County deputy sheriff, and his wife, Marie, hiding out in a high-end hotel. The couple have become fugitives after rescuing 12 abused children...
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-60809-494-3
Putnam’s hard-hitting 10th Bruno Johnson novel (after 2022’s The Sinister) finds Bruno and his pregnant wife, Marie, in their idyllic Costa Rican home with the 10 abused children he rescued from South Central Los Angeles. When their obstetrician,...
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David Putnam. Oceanview, $26.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-60809-288-8
Putnam’s sixth Bruno Johnson novel, the overstuffed sequel to 2018’s The Innocents, further explores Bruno’s years as a young L.A. County deputy sheriff. Johnson and his buddy, Ned Kiefer, are on loan from the violent crimes unit to the FBI, which...
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