"Totally original, a sheer roller coaster ride....Shows a master's touch."-David Baldacci, author of Absolute Power and Memory Man "Marshall Karp could well be the Carl Hiaasen of Los Angeles."-James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross mystery novelsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Marshall Karp, author of the NYPD Red series, comes the first Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs mystery, a fast-paced tale that will remind readers of bestselling thrillers from writers like Michael Connelly and Robert B. Parker. Lomax and Biggs are two tough, smart LAPD homicide detectives faced with the case of a lifetime. Rambunctious Rabbit is the Mickey Mouse of creator Dean Lamaar's Disney-esque Familyland. When an actor wearing the famous rabbit costume is strangled, the heinous crime kicks off a rollercoaster ride that stretches from Hollywood to Las Vegas to Woodstock, New York. The case and its ramifications will upend the lives of the hero cops, frighten employees of a major Hollywood studio, rattle Wall Street, aggravate the Las Vegas mob, and put innocent cartoon fans and amusement park visitors in mortal danger. The strangled victim was a convicted pedophile, leaving Lomax and Biggs, the two Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives assigned to the case, wondering how the man got a job working with kids. Then the bodies begin to pile up.... A Lamaar Studios movie star is whacked with a baseball bat. An All-American mom visiting Familyland is gruesomely stabbed to death in a public bathroom. Bombs explode. Who's behind these well-scripted attacks? Is it an act of revenge, a serial killer, a plot to bring a Hollywood studio to its knees, or all three? Homicide detective Mike Lomax, forty-two, is recently widowed, tough-talking but sensitive, and dealing with a father who wants him to start dating again and a brother who can't seem to avoid money problems and danger. His partner Terry Biggs is a devoted family man who thinks he's as funny as Jerry Seinfeld or Jay Leno. In the course of the investigation, Lomax and Biggs face off with Lamaar Studios' shrewd and scared CEO, a sexy public relations fixer, ex-Lamaar employees with reasons to hold a grudge, and a seductive Las Vegas casino boss with a menacing family history of mob ties. He also discovers the dark side of the bright-and-shiny Lamaar brand, one filled with racism, antisemitism, and maybe even murder. This fast-paced thriller reveals a brazen blackmail plot and a corporate giant willing to do anything to keep its stock price from crashing and introduces a pair of homicide cops as likable and funny as they are overworked and smart. Let Marshall Karp take you on a ride in and around Los Angeles as Hollywood detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs untangle a web of murder and mystery. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite whetted don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series: Bloodthirsty; Flipping Out; Cut, Paste, Kill; and Terminal.
