L. A. ConfidentialChristmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three LAPD detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. The novel takes these cops on a sprawling epic of brutal violence and the murderous seedy side of Hollywood.

having repaid her debt to the thief

And they're friendly

Anna discovers the body of a young prom queen near a country cemetery

The frame-up was working and Kinsey was trapped

Pat Noone is her mother

' a NEWSPAPER-HAWKER cries

Perfect for fans of ARIADNE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES

Anna must deal with all this alongside tensions and backstabbing within her own team

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Despite the city's refugees

is found to contain two skeletons - one of them wearing a hat