Boulevard

Stephen Jay Schwartz

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LAPD detective Hayden Glass has only one vice...the girls who work the streets he's vowed to protect.

Hayden Glass never had it easy. He fought hard for everything he got, hounded by a shame that he could never quite define or conquer. Now a Los Angeles Police Robbery-Homicide detective, Glass is still haunted by the scars that left a permanent void in his soul. He deals with it the only way he can . . . . he cruises Sunset Boulevard, picking up prostitutes. Hayden Glass is a sex addict.

Called to investigate a heinous crime scene involving the daughter of a prominent L.A. politician, Glass is quickly overwhelmed by the media spotlight. When new murders arise, Glass sees a link where no one else does, realizing that this is the work of a vicious, sadistic sexual predator. 

His investigation takes him beyond his temptations and to the line where the deviant behavior that has become his crutch crosses over into deviantly criminal.

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The apartment Hayden entered was unremarkable save for the twenty-year-old black female lying half-naked half off a sofa in a pool of her own blood. The once beige carpet was dark, wet, and thick like a sponge against her flesh. Hayden stared at the disfigured body. Seven or eight thrusts with a nine-inch blade, then a cello stroke to her throat.

He went to a corner and observed the body from a distance. Something was off, he thought. She hadn’t landed half off the sofa, she was placed there. And the coffee table had been pulled out by a yard, making the body a centerpiece.

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Boulevard is raw, twisted, and so hard-boiled it simmers from beginning to end.”
--Robert Crais, New York Times bestselling author of the Elvis Cole novels

“Relentless and unflinching, a shocking thriller that dares you to keep reading. Schwartz has created one of the most complex and tortured protagonists I've encountered in a long time. A powerful debut.”
--Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Keepsake

“A terrific police thriller.  It’s fast-paced and convincingly told.  The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier.  Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words.  Wonderful.”
--T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author of The Renegades


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Stephen Jay Schwartz

STEPHEN JAY SCHWARTZ grew up in New Mexico and traveled the United States extensively before settling down in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons. There he became the director of development for film director Wolfgang Petersen, helping develop films such as Outbreak and Air Force OneBoulevard is his first novel.

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Boulevard
Stephen Jay Schwartz

Trade Paperback

Trade Paperback
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
August 2010
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780765326614
ISBN10: 0765326612
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 336 pages
$16.99

Hardcover

Hardcover
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
September 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765322944
ISBN10: 0765322943
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 336 pages
$24.99

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Mass Market Paperbound
Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
October 2011
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780765362889
ISBN10: 0765362880
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 384 pages
$7.99

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Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
September 2009
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429989220
ISBN10: 142998922X
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 336 pages
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