Gerald Petievich, Author Simon & Schuster $16.45 (235p) ISBN 978-0-671-63154-3
FBI Special Agent John isn't going any place special in the Bureauhe is too honest and unpolitical. After 15 years of service, he knows that the Las Vegas-based Organized Crime Strike Force is a dumping ground for misfits like himself. But he does...
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Gerald Petievich, Author Dutton Books $17.95 (248p) ISBN 978-0-453-00680-4
The author of the brutally violent To Live and Die in L.A. turns the trick again in this grisly novel that begins with the accidental murder of a little girl. L.A. detective sergeant Jose Stepanovich heads a newly formed four-member anti-gang unit...
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Gerald Petievich, Author Signet Book $4.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-451-16885-6
An anti-gang police unit in East L.A. turns ruthless after one of its elite members is killed in a drive-by. ``Petievich's graphic descriptions of the violence and of a gang psychology that leans heavily on retribution and machismo are the only...
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Gerald Petievich, Author Dutton Books $19.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-525-93364-9
One major, perhaps fatal flaw mars this otherwise engrossing story about espionage and political maneuvering during the 1996 presidential campaign. Readers will guess early on that Secret Service agent Jack Powers is being set up, a possibility that
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Gerald Petievich, Author Signet Book $5.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-17314-0
This engrossing story by a former Secret Service agent about espionage and political maneuvering during the 1996 presidential campaign is flawed by a too-obvious plot. (Dec.)
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Gerald Petievich, Author Berkley Publishing Group $7.99 (372p) ISBN 978-0-425-18879-8
Former Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich (Money Men) describes the daily grind of protecting the President with meticulous care in The Sentinel. Unfortunately, his plot isn't quite as credible. Special Agent Pete Garrison suspects that the ...
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