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The internationally acclaimed author of the L.A. Quartet and The Underworld USA Trilogy, James Ellroy, presents another literary noir masterpiece of historical paranoia. Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns-it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer-a power in his own small corner of hell. Then the Feds announce a full-out investigation into local police corruption, and everything goes haywire. Klein's been hung out as bait, ""a bad cop to draw the heat,"" and the heat's coming from all sides: from local politicians,…
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Editions
22 editions · 5 languages- Hardcover · English · 1996Random House Value Publishing · 9780517165911
- Paperback · English · 1994Arrow Books Ltd · 416 pages · 9780099649403
- Hardcover · English · 1994Random House Value Publishing · 9780517116227
- Audiobook · English · 1993Books On Tape · 9785555773241
- Audiobook · English · 1992Books On Tape · 9785557105743
- Audiobook · English · 1992Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736623230
Detective and mystery storiesPolice corruptionFictionLos Angeles (Calif.). Police DeptLos Angeles (Calif.).Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept.California, fictionLos angeles (calif.), fiction
