Title: LAPD and their latest string of crimes
Product review: Poor Mendoza. Just when he was getting used to the new dog, a mockingbird shows up that seems stuck on the song Yankee Doodle. Work isn't much better, since a string of odd crimes has the Homicide Squad baffled. A con man was shot in a car and manages to scribble the word "Jewels" before dying. An old woman was killed in some sort of voodoo ritual. Another old woman running a boarding house was killed. The crimes just keep piling up.I like these books, but they do have a few problems. One is that the author tries so hard to make each character an individual that they wind up being more like stereotypes than real people. Another is that they are really dated. This was published in 1969 and slang and cultural trends have changed a lot in over 30 years. Still, it's a good read for anyone who likes police procedurals.
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