Gerald Petievich is a Serbian-American writer of

crime novels Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

, most notably ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' and '' The Quality of the Informant''. He was a

United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders, their families, and ...

Special Agent from 1970 to 1985. Three of his novels were adapted for the screen: '' To Live and Die in L.A.'', '' The Sentinel'', and '' Boiling Point''. Petievich co-wrote the screenplays for all three.

Works

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