The Next to Die — Richard Fliegel

In this first Allerton Avenue Precinct novel, a fatal embarrassment gets longtime Sergeant Shelly Lowenkopf shipped out of the Bronx - to California. As police consultant on a movie set, he's on ice until he testifies before a New York grand jury. But the heat's on in Hollywood...
It's still against the law to off a movie executive, and the LAPD's star suspect is Sergeant Shelly Lowenkopf. It's a high-concept frame with some colorful cameos, from a thief in stewardess drag to a natty Arab in Lowenkipf's bathtub. The subplot has Lowenkopf's battered heart stirring for a California blonde beauty with too many secrets. But he's onto a link in the money chain, and it leads right back to the Rotten Apple. All the way to...The Next To Die...