L.A. Confidential

L.A. ConfidentialThe third book in James Elroys LA Quartet series. Christmas 1951, Los Angeles a city where the police are as crooked as the criminals. 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. One of the best crime novels ever written, it is the heart of Ellroys four novel masterpiece, the LA

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