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Norco '80 is enthrallingly detailed, down to the pencils thrown by opposing counsel in the criminal trial that followed. -- Shelf Awareness Houlahan sure knows how to dramatize a scene. His cinematic treatment of the robbery itself reads like wildfire... and the huge manhunt through San Bernardino National Forest conducted by 'Hunt & Kill Teams' is a nail-biter. -- New York Times Book Review Houlahan...writes with a narrative urgency that perfectly captures the quick and chaotic nature of the robbery...A fascinating true-crime account. -- NPR Houlahan's debut is remarkable for the exhaustive... level of detail he brings to every stage of the story, transforming a pulpy true-crime narrative into a reflection of social transformations and class conflict as the countercultural 1970s faded into the Reagan era...An impressively well-rendered true-crime saga. -- Kirkus Reviews Like American Heiress in the summer of 2016, this looks like the true crime book that will launch a hundred conversations. -- Crime Reads This is true crime at its best. -- Coachella Review

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Joe Barrett, an actor and Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator, has appeared both on and off Broadway as well as in hundreds of radio and television commercials. Peter Houlahan is a freelance writer contributing to a wide range of publications. In his career as an emergency medical technician, he has written a number of articles related to his profession. He holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. A native Southern Californian, Houlahan now lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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