Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop...and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass. He's climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks-bagman, ex-Narco...
Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops c...
The first of a numbered set of limited edition titles in a beautifully produced, hugely collectable small-format hardback. Part of a major campaign to showcase the Arrow crime list.
The first of a numbered set of limited edition titles in a beautifully produced, hugely collectable small-format hardback. Part of a major campaign to...
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...