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City of Angels
Kenneth Bromberg
出版
Simon and Schuster
, 2020-11-10
主題
Fiction / Crime
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Fiction / Romance / Historical / American
ISBN
1787585387
9781787585386
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EqbuDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The year is 1924.
Sam Lacy, a tough-as-nails homicide detective, follows his own code of conduct within the racist and corrupt Los Angeles Police Department. Sam's beautiful ex-girlfriend has been murdered and a sadistic predator is assaulting young Chinese women. Are the crimes connected and can Sam stop the killers before powerful forces stop him? Sometimes, a good detective can't let the law get in his way.
Sam navigates L.A.'s seedy underbelly with help from an unlikely trio: Sam's partner, Lonnie, a handsome detective whose cavalier attitude conceals a troubled past outside of the law; Sam's friend, Edward Bixby, a brilliant man whose crucial forensic work is performed off the books since the LAPD would never hire a Black man for a murder investigation; and Susan, Sam's sister and moral compass, a war widow and mother who pursues leads of her own. The story takes place in the movie capital of the world, a city that attracts wide-eyed innocents and cold-hearted killers; a
City of Angels
.
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