ISBN: 9780099649304
Release Date: 07 Nov 1991
Average rating:   (read by 26 members)

Categories: Crime & mystery

A crime novel depicting Los Angeles in the 1950s, where the police are as corrupt as the criminals and events threaten to expose the secrets on which they have built their careers. The author's other novels include the bestselling "The Black Dahlia" and "The Big Nowhere".

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jjtyler
Rated it   4 days ago
Bloody, cringe-causing, and fast paced: a tour of carnage that will keep you off-kilt and dizzy. Elroy has said he's the best crime writer ever, and after reading a few of his hits, I'd have to consent.

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