Floaters

Two harbor cops work to foil a bizarre nautical scheme For the first time in history, New Zealand threatens to win the America's Cup regatta. Losing the yacht race would be a great blow to the United States sailing community, which has clung to the Cup for nearly all of its 150-year history—but it would be an even greater loss for Ambrose Lutterworth. As the Keeper of the Cup, he has been responsible for the trophy for the seven years since it was won by the San Diego Yacht Club, and his ceremonial position has allowed him to travel the world exhibiting it. If the Cup leaves San Diego, his lifestyle goes with it. To rig the race he sets in motion a sinister plot involving prostitution, bribery, and a corrupt crane operator. When two harbor policemen get on his trail, they learn that gentility and murder are not mutually exclusive. Version : 5.0 In the southernmost Los Angeles district of San Pedro, one of the world's busiest harbors, an unlikely pair of lovers are unwittingly caught between the two warring sides of the law. When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from the harbor to a Hollywood nightclub, theirs lives are forever changed, as their love develops among the myriad cops and criminals who occupy the harbor. Suspense and tragedy are intertwined in the everyday life of the cops and residents of San Pedro Harbor, with the unflinching eye for detail and spot-on humor that only a master of the form like Joseph Wambaugh can provide. Their paths will cross with many colorful characters introduced in Wambaugh's acclaimed bestselling Hollywood Station series: the surfer cops known as "Flotsam and Jetsam", aspiring actor "Hollywood Nate" Weiss, young Britney Small, along with new members of the midwatch. Humor, love, suspense and tragedy are intertwined in the everyday life of the cops and residents of San Pedro Harbor, with the unflinching eye for detail and spot-on humor that only a master of the form like Joseph Wambaugh can provide "In the southernmost Los Angeles district of San Pedro, one of the world's busiest harbors, an unlikely pair of lovers are unwittingly caught between the two warring sides of the law amid the investigation of a horrifying human-trafficking ring. When Dinko Babich, a young longshoreman, delivers Lita Medina, a young Mexican dancer, from the harbor to a Hollywood nightclub, theirs lives are forever changed as the two are caught in the crosshairs of the multitude of cops and criminals, the law-abiding and the lawless, who occupy the harbor"-- Dust jacket