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American Tabloid by James Ellroy
24.95 NZD
26.99 (7% off)
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: good-very good
Set in America in 1958, this is a story of three men beneath the glossy surface of power, allied to the makers and shakers of the era. As the festering discontent of the age burns in these men's hearts, the Bay of Pigs ends in calamity, the Mob clamours for payback, and Kennedy is assassinated.
Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy
42.99 NZD
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: very good
Set in the summer of 1968, BloodÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂìÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂâs A Rover is an ...Show more
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
26.99 NZD
Category: Thriller
Los Angeles is 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 L A P D detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers.
LA Confidential: Classic Noir by James Ellroy
27.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: L.A. Quartet
Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as crooked as the criminals. Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. For the three L. A. P. D. detectives involved, it will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. ...Show more
Perfidia by James Ellroy
39.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It is December 6, 1941, in Los Angeles. World War II has raged for two years in Great Britain and Europe. Japan has gone on a rampage in Asia and the Pacific - and America's entrance into the war is a widely accepted and utterly foregone conclusion. Los Angeles is mainland America's gateway to the Pacif ...Show more
Perfidia (Second LA Quartet #1) by James Ellroy
26.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: #1 in the second LA Quartet | Reading Level: very good
Nominated for the Folio Prize It is December 6 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. Los Angeles has been a haven for loyal Japanese-Americans - but now, war fever and race hate grip the city and the Japanese in ...Show more
The Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy
29.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
In his introduction to the The Best American Noir of the Century, James Ellroy writes, "noir is the most scrutinized offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It's the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. It's the nightmare of flawed souls with ...Show more
The Big Nowhere (#2 L.A. Quartet) by James Ellroy
27.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: L.A. Quartet
1950s Los Angeles: The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own pers ...Show more
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
24.99 NZD
28.99 (13% off)
Category: Thriller | Reading Level: good
It is Los Angeles, 11th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in shelf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hell ...Show more
The Black Dahlia: The first book in the classic L.A. Quartet crime series by James Ellroy
27.99 NZD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: L.A. Quartet | Reading Level: General Adult
Los Angeles, 15th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish jou ...Show more
This Storm (#2 Second LA Quartet) by James Ellroy
38.00 NZD
Category: Thriller | Series: #2 in the second L.A. Quartet
From 'one of the great American writers of our time' (Los Angeles Times Book Review) - a brilliant historical crime novel, a pulse-pounding, as-it-happens narrative that unfolds in Los Angeles and Mexico in the wake of Pearl Harbor. New Year's Eve 1941, war has been declared and the Japanese internment ...Show more