James Ellroy

Oct 12, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | James Ellroy

The action starts in Los Angeles on August 4, 1962, when Otash is recalled into freelance law-enforcement service by Police Chief Bill Parker to solve the kidnaping of a B-movie actress who happens to be the mistress of 20th Century Fox mogul Darryl Zanuck. When strong-arm methods against the perpetrator fail to yield a confession, Otash tosses him 80 feet off a cliff and onto a freeway.

Aug 28, 2024 | lesen.de | Tim Sullivan |Charlotte Link |Michael Connelly |James Ellroy

'Tim Sullivan's wonderfully realised, captivating character, DS George Cross, shot to the top of my favourites when I first encountered him. The Teacher shows him at his best.' MARI HANNAH 'George Cross is becoming one of my favourite detectives.' ELLY GRIFFITHSHe's a victim. But is he innocent? THE BODYIn a village in South West England, an elderly man is found dead in his home. The angle of his neck says he fell down the stairs. The stab wound on his body tells a different story.

Aug 28, 2024 | lesen.de | Tim Sullivan |Charlotte Link |Michael Connelly |James Ellroy

'I am insanely in love with George Cross, a perfect detective for our time and for all time' Stephen FryA ransacked room. A dead politician. A burglary gone wrong - or a staged murder? THE DETECTIVEDS George Cross loves puzzles - he's good at them - and he immediately spots one when he begins investigating the death of former mayor Peggy Frampton. It looks like a burglary that went horribly wrong to most but George can see what others can't - that this was murder.

Aug 13, 2024 | lesen.de | James Ellroy

'Nobody does crime like James Ellroy . . . One of Ellroy's best works in years' Sunday Times'This is the master of darkness at his incomparable best - simply impossible to put down' Daily MailLos Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O.

Jul 13, 2024 | aoc.media | James Ellroy

Retour d’Ellroy avec la suite du Quintette de Los Angeles. Août 1962, Marilyn meurt. Les Kennedy sont sur des braises. Notamment Bob, procureur général. Le chef du Los Angeles Police Department y voit-il un intérêt pour ses ambitions ? Idem pour Jimmy Hoffa, chef du syndicat des camionneurs – cf. mafia. Ça va vite et ça se complique : on a tous besoin de Fred Ottash, « ex-flic corrompu, détective privé défroqué » (et narrateur). À la rentrée chez Rivages. Traduit par Sophie Aslanides et Séverine Weiss.