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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 15, 2006
Ellroy is America�s most idiosyncratic crime writer and arguably its most literary as well. Adulterous Los Angeles police detective Lloyd Hopkins is bad at marriage but excels at tracking down criminals. Only he recognizes a pattern in seemingly unrelated murders of women over several years. As the clues accumulate, Lloyd, who would appear in two more novels,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More