Poor Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston
The blockbuster thriller that became the hit TV series The Streets of San Francisco
It’s the turbulent 1970s, a time of social upheaval. The generation gap has never seemed so wide and perilous, especially for veteran Santa Monica homicide detective Al Krug and his new partner, university-educated ex-surfer Casey Kellog, the youngest detective on the force. A woman’s corpse is found floating in the bay with a law firm’s business card, sealed in plastic, strung around her neck. Krug and Kellog have to solve the bizarre and gruesome murder… if they don’t kill each other first.
This exciting police procedural, up there with the best of Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct books, was adapted into the movie-length pilot for The Streets of San Francisco, starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas. The character names and setting were changed but the rest is pure Carolyn Weston, who wrote two more Krug & Kellog thrillers, Susannah Screaming and Rouse The Demon, both of which are being published by Brash Books.
In addition, award-winning crime novelist Robin Burcell, a cop herself, has brought Krug & Kellog back in the new novel THE LAST GOOD PLACE, and set in present day San Francisco. You don’t want to miss it!
Books by Carolyn Weston
The Complete Krug & Kellog: All Three Novels
All three of Carolyn Weston's Krug & Kellog crime novels, the basis for the hit ABC TV series The Streets of San Francisco, in one edition.
Susannah Screaming
Krug & Kellog investigate the brutal hit-and-run of a motorcyclist who is plastic-wrapped in $20 bills.
Poor Poor Ophelia
Al Krug, veteran homicide detective, has a new partner: university-educated surfer Casey Kellog, the youngest detective on the force, and together they have to solve the bizzare murder of a young woman. This is the blockbuster police procedural that became the hit TV series "The Streets of San Francisco."
Kein Alibi für Mr. Farr
Die turbulenten 1970er – eine Zeit des gesellschaftlichen Umbruchs. Al Krug, ein erfahrener Detective der Mordkommission, empfindet den Generationenkonflikt seit der Zuteilung seines neuen Partners noch größer und bedrohlicher als je zuvor. Der Thriller-Bestseller, auf dem die Erfolgsserie DIE STRASSEN VON SAN FRANCISCO basiert
Reviews For Poor Poor Ophelia
Weston sets up a situation in which a young, college graduate detective has to overcome the resentment of older cops…Weston writes smoothly, inserts some well-deserved vignettes, and uses a good deal of sharp dialogue
Casey Kellog is a new style city detective, with imagination and sympathy, and his partner is tougher and cruder…a hard-hitting style which is also eminently readable
An expert thriller, with a relationship between its two heroes that deserves fuller attention in future books
A classic police procedural: The older, more experienced cop teaches his brash, younger partner the value of experience, but grudgingly finds himself conceding that the kid has pretty good instincts as well.
An incredibly brilliant mystery novel
