Turn Left at Doheny
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Publisher Description
A petty criminal cannot escape his sordid past in this tough-edged crime novel
Down-on-his-luck drifter Wycliff has come to Los Angeles to scam his dying brother out of his estate. But as they get to know one another, having not been in contact for decades, the two brothers forge an unlikely bond.
Just as he's planning to put his sordid past behind him, Wycliff meets a glamorous woman who offers him his first taste of the high life, and finds himself involved with a team of hustlers much more sophisticated and brutal than he is. Wycliffe begins to suspect he's being set up. But for what? He's about to learn the cardinal law of crime: there's always someone badder than you.
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At the outset of this flat crime novel from Freedman (Fallen Idols), a lowlife called Wycliff steals a car in Arizona and drives to L.A., where he hopes to inherit money from his estranged brother, Billy, who's dying of AIDS. Despite their mutual hostility, Billy agrees to let Wycliff check him out of the hospital and supervise his home care during his final days without promising Wycliff a cent. Meanwhile, Wycliff is certain that Charlotte, a mysterious woman who picks him up in a bar, wants something from him, but he has little luck discovering what that might be. Wycliff meets another woman, Amelia, with whom he feels a romantic connection, but continues to see Charlotte. (At one point, Amelia pulls him into her bedroom, "where they fell onto the bed, making out like bandits.") Unconvincing as either a loving brother or a potential soul mate for Amelia, Wycliff remains pretty much the same clueless loser throughout.
