DS Lloyd Hopkins sees a pattern in 20 apparently unconnected killings, uncovers a threat posed by a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipulation of the weak and lonely, and discovers a conspiracy of corruption amongst his own colleagues.
DS Lloyd Hopkins sees a pattern in 20 apparently unconnected killings, uncovers a threat posed by a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipul...
This novel, from the author of 'The Black Dahlia', is set in 1958, with America about to emerge into a bright new age - an age that will last until John F. Kennedy's presidency. The story features three men allied to the makers and shakers of the era.
This novel, from the author of 'The Black Dahlia', is set in 1958, with America about to emerge into a bright new age - an age that will last until Jo...
'The Cold Six Thousand' follows the author's 'American Tabloid', taking the reader from the assassination of JFK right through the sixties to the Vietnam conflict, chronicling and uncovering the corruptions of a decade of American politics.
'The Cold Six Thousand' follows the author's 'American Tabloid', taking the reader from the assassination of JFK right through the sixties to the Viet...
America's greatest crime novelist turns to non-fiction and a 38-year-old mystery. Ellroy's mother was strangled when he was 10, and after his breakthrough with 'White Jazz' he returned to L.A. in an attempt to solve the mystery.
America's greatest crime novelist turns to non-fiction and a 38-year-old mystery. Ellroy's mother was strangled when he was 10, and after his breakthr...
The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was 10 years old. He hated and lusted for his mother and 'summoned her dead'. She was murdered three months later. This book is a predator's confession and a treatise on guilt.
The year was 1958. Jean Hilliker had divorced her fast-buck hustler husband and resurrected her maiden name. Her son, James, was 10 years old. He hate...
The tortured body of a young woman was found drained of blood and cut in half 5 days after she went missing in January 1947. The newspapers called her the Black Dahlia and the cops investigating get caught up in the dead girl's troubled story.
The tortured body of a young woman was found drained of blood and cut in half 5 days after she went missing in January 1947. The newspapers called her...
This novel is set in Los Angeles, the city of angels that has become the city of the Angel of Death. It is about communist witch-hunts and about insanely violent killings which are terrorising the community.
This novel is set in Los Angeles, the city of angels that has become the city of the Angel of Death. It is about communist witch-hunts and about insan...
Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L.A.P.D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers.
Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L.A.P.D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty sec...
This story describes the life of Lieutenant Dave Klein who is a lawyer, but also something else. Klein stands at the centre of a complex web of plots where violence and death will intersect.
This story describes the life of Lieutenant Dave Klein who is a lawyer, but also something else. Klein stands at the centre of a complex web of plots ...
