James Ellroy: Suicide Hill (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins is the most brilliant homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department and one of its most troubled. In his obsessive mission to protect the innocent, there is no line he won't cross. Estranged from his wife and daughters and on the verge of being drummed out of the department for his transgressions, Hopkins is assigned to investigate a series of bloody bank robberies. As the violence escalates and the case becomes ever more vicious, Hopkins will be forced to cross the line once again to stop a maniac on a murder binge.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill. A Novel. Vintage, ISBN: 9781400095308 (August, 2006), 280 p., $12.95.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
In disgrace after a badly handled arrest in New Orleans, Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins is assigned as liaison officer to an FBI investigation of a series of diabolically clever bank robberies. Three men have been keeping tabs on bank managers who are having extramarital affairs, and kidnapping their girlfriends - forcing the managers to open their banks early...

Hopkins' uncanny insight into the criminal mind bears fruit after a violent episode with the robbers, leaving him with information he would just as soon not have - information about police corruption that leads straight into the offices of his sworn enemy Fred Gaffaney, head of the Internal Affairs Division.

Ridding the L.A.P.D. of Hopkins has always been Gaffaney's goal. But with the information Hopkins has uncovered, Gaffaney's career - and his very life - are in deadly jeopardy.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill. A Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins Novel of Suspense. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0445408529 (February, 1989), 262 p., $4.99.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill (UK 1988)

From the Publisher:
Duane Rice leaves jail with good news and bad news. The bad news is that Vandy has vanished - the girl he stole cars for, the girl he weaned off drugs, the girl he is still obsessed with making into a rock star.

The good news is the names of two adulterous, pilfering bank managers ripe for squeezing... Just kidnap their girlfriends and hold them hostage.

Explosively, this game erupts into an orgy of violence as Duane's rape-prone partner goes berserk. And Duane himself settles scores with knife and bullet in the Los Angeles underworld.

Leading the biggest manhunt in the city's history, Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins stumbles on a horrifying conspiracy of corruption and betrayal - among his own colleagues.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill. A chilling explosion of violence and obsession in L.A.'s twilight zone. A Lloyd Hopkins Mystery. Arrow / Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0099498308 (November, 1988), 280 p., £2.99.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill (USA 1986)

From the Publisher:
SUICIDE HILL is the third volume in the saga of Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins, whose previous exploits were chronicled in BLOOD ON THE MOON and BECAUSE THE NIGHT.

In disgrace after a badly handled arrest in New Orleans, Hopkins is assigned as liaison officer to an FBI investigation of a series of diabolical and clever bank robberies. Three men have done their homework: they choose bank managers who are having affairs, kidnap their girlfriends, and force the managers to open the banks early...

Hopkins' insights into the criminal mind bear fruit when the bank robbers turn violent and he finds himself with a bit of information he would just as soon not have -- information about police corruption that reaches into the office of his sworn enemy Fred Gaffney, head of the Internal Affairs Division. Ridding the Department of Hopkins is the culmination of years of effort on Gaffney's part: with the information Hopkins has uncovered, though, Gaffney's career -- and his very life -- will be put in jeopardy.

James Ellroy: Suicide Hill. A Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins Novel of Suspense. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892962356 (April, 1986), 280 p., $15.95.