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James Ellroy: L.A. Noir (1998)
From the Publisher:
"Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of his way with noir," proclaims the Detroit News about James Ellroy, the bestselling author of The Black Dahlia and My Dark Places. Ellroy's gripping, complex depiction of the dark paradise known as Los Angeles is chronicled in his seminal L.A. Quartet series and vividly captured in the acclaimed film L.A. Confidential. But before these classic works, he explored modern-day L.A. in a mesmerizing trilogy featuring his anti-hero cop, Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins. Now in one volume, here are the three original novels that first established Ellroy's complete mastery of his apocalyptic vision, in all its raw, primitive power...
Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins is the most brilliant homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. A thinking cop in a brutal world, his obsession with hunting down monsters is more than an occupational hazard -- it's become a lifestyle. In three explosive cases, he will venture into the heart of evil... while trying to reclaim his own soul.
BLOOD ON THE MOON
Twenty random killings of women remain unconnected in police files. But Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins sees a pattern. In a shattering climax, cold, icy intelligence and white-heated madness are pitted against each other...
BECAUSE THE NIGHT
Jacob Herzog, hero cop, has disappeared. A multiple murder committed with a pre-Civil War revolver remains unsolved. Are the two cases linked? As Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins pieces the puzzle together, he uncovers a startling trail of arcane secrets and madness -- all leading to one psychotic mastermind.
SUICIDE HILL
Duane Rice kidnaps a bank manager's girlfriend and an orgy of violence erupts. Leading the manhunt, Det. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins stumbles on a horrifying conspiracy of corruption and betrayal -- among his own colleagues...
Packed with taut suspense, compelling action, and riveting psychological portraits, these early novels reveal James Ellroy at his best -- stark, uncompromised, and exquisite.
James Ellroy: L.A. Noir. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892966866 (June, 1998), 644 p., $25.00.
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