Ellroy's three great early novels are available in one volume for the first time - the books that led up to his LA Quartet. Lloyd Hopkins stumbles on a horrifying conspiracy of corruption and betrayal- among his own colleagues. An orgy of violence erupts as Duane's partner goes beserk and Duane settles scores with knife and bullet. Certainly, we can’t note LA crime writing and not mention Ellroy’s redefining of the city’s historical narrative, especially in the stand-out neo-noir L.A. Suicide Hill: Duane Rice leaves jail with good news and bad news: two adulterous bank managers are ripe for squeezing, but Vandy, who he is obsessed with making a rock star, has disappeared. James Ellroy could also easily be a whole column Walter Mosley could quite simply fill the space Michael Connelley too, several times over. A hardcover compendium of three detective novels by the author of L.A. Available in used condition with free US. Read 43 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Lloyd Hopkins pieces the puzzle together he discovers the darker threat of John Haviland, a psychiatrist whose pleasure comes from the manipulation of the weak and lonely. Noir: The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy: Blood on the Moon, Because the Night, Suicide Hill By James Ellroy. A thinking cop in a brutal world, his obsession with. A multiple murder committed with a pre-Civil War revolver remains unsolved. Lloyd Hopkins is the most brilliant homicide detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. Because The Night: Jacob Herzog, hero cop, has disappeared. As he is drawn to the murderer, the two men face a confrontation pitting icy intelligence against white-heated madness. Blood On The Moon: 20 random killings of women are unconnected in police files. Three of Ellroy's most compelling novels featuring Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins in one volume.

L.A. Noir by James Ellroy