Clandestine - Softcover

Ellroy, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380805294 ISBN 13: 9780380805297

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

Fred Underhill is a young cop on the rise in Los Angeles in the early 1950's -- a town blinded to its own grime by Hollywood glitter; a society nourished by newspaper lies that wants its heroes all-American and squeaky clean. A chance to lead on a possible serial killing is all it takes to fuel Underhill's reckless ambition - and it propels him into a dangerous alliance with certain mad and unstable elements of the law enforcement hierarchy. When the case implodes with disastrous consequences, it is Fred Underhill who takes the fall. His life is in ruins, his promising future suddenly a dream of the past. And his good and pure love for a crusading woman lawyer has been corrupted and may not survive. But even without the authority of a badge, Fred Underhill knows that his only hope for redemption lies in following the investigation to its grim conclusion. And the Hell to which he has been consigned for his sins is the perfect place to hunt for a killer who hungers but has no soul.

About this title

Review:

"Ellroy is the master."--"San Diego Union-Tribune

"Not merely a great hard-boiled crime fiction writer, Ellroy's developing into one of the great American writers of our time."--"Los Angeles Times Book review

"Our best living mystery writer."--"Austin Chronicle

Ellroy's crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre."--"New York Newsday

Book Description:

A scintillating novel of sex and murder in 50s LA

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380805294
• ISBN 13: 9780380805297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338