I am a James Ellroy fan. This story set the stage for L.A. Confidential. The main villain is Lt. Dudly Smith who is attempting to Kill Off MOBSTER Mickey Cohen and snatch the Drug trafficking in L.A. Jack Dragma was not to be a threat to lt. Smith. Asst. D.a. Lowe was attemting to use the RED scare to advance his attempt to be d.a.,so launched an attack against the Extras and stagehand union looking fo communists. A deputy Policeman from outside of L.A. began investigating a number of Homosexual murders which started in his jurisdiction,the first victim lived in L.a. in order to do his work he had to work inside of L.a. which was a No No. He inadvertently came upon information linking Lt. Dudly smith to an attempt to contro drugs in L.a Costing him his life. You donot just read the story,you are drawn into it. The story leads you into L.a. Confidential and White Jazz where Lt. Dudly Smith gets what is due him. This story is excellentRead full review
Be careful with these Mysterious Press releases. After 20 years or so the binding glue is starting to fail. I have two and both have pages coming loose.
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