Ellroy at his most basic. All three novels of his Lloyd Hopkins trilogy in this anthology. Silverlake, Hollywood, the Valley, Malibu -- there is no area of L.A. that Hopkins will not be found in rooting out the most cunning and violent criminals. He succeeds because he is smarter than his criminal targets and has more persistence and determination than they do. And, oh yes -- there's almost no law he isn't willing to break in his quest.

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