L.A. Confidential

The third book in James Ellroy’s L.A. Quartet; “L.A. Confidential” follows three LAPD officers during the crime-ridden 1950’s.

A massacre at the Nite Owl Coffee shop sparks an investigation by three flawed LAPD officers; Exley, Vincennes and White who must settle their differences to survive in a brutal world of corruption, drug trafficking and look-alike celebrity prostitution. Ellroy's rat-a-tat prose and propensity for fast action, combined with realistic cop-dialog make L.A. Confidential a fascinating read.