California roll
a Moses Wine detective novel
by Roger Lichtenberg Simon
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Los Angeles private detective Moses Wine has turned forty and is worried about his future. When Silicon Valley beckons, Moses jumps. He takes a position as head of security for the Tulip Computer Corporation and things start looking up: he gets a new car, a new house, and a new girlfriend. One thing stays the same, however--murder seems to follow him around. When one of Tulip's young geniuses is shot to death, Moses begins his investigation amid his new world of corporate infighting and bureaucratic bungling and soon finds himself involved in international computer theft, double-crossing beautiful women, the Japanese mafia, and the GRU. The trail takes him from Northern California to Los Angeles to the beautiful Japanese countryside to the mean streets of Tokyo.
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left-wing-detective, Silicon-Valley, mystery, humor, Fiction, Computer industry, Murder, Investigation, Private investigators, Moses Wine (Fictitious character), Mystery fictionPlaces
Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County), Japan, Los Angeles (Calif.), CaliforniaTimes
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California roll: a Moses Wine detective novel
1985, Villard Books
in English
- 1st ed.
0394537114 9780394537115
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"A Moses Wine mystery"--Jacket.
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New Left detective Moses Wine, having seen his 70's political ideals retreat from the mainstream, picks up a case and a needed income source working in Silicon Valley for a thinly disguised Wozniak. Tightly plotted and a good portrayal of the Reagan Era. The Jewish Moses Wine has a similar sense of humor to the one shown on this website, and there are many examples of it. Not a laugh out loud book but Wine has a strong personality and is interesting to read. There are 11 books in this series and we watch Wine age and change in different historical periods.
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