Violent Ward — Len Deighton

OUT OF CONTROL -- CALIFORNIA STYLE

Criminal lawyer Mickey Murphy may be the last sane man in L.A., but when savvy entrepreneur Zach Petrovitch takes over Murphy's law firm, Mickey's up to his ears in a very messy multimillion-dollar deal. From a body-snatching scheme to breakfast at the Polo Lounge ... from the apres-ski streets of Aspen to mayhem on Mulholland Drive, Mickey's suddenly carrying a torch for a seductive childhood sweetheart, set up to take the rap for murder, and swept into the sort of insanity that could easily cost a guy his life.