L. A. Confidential

By: James Ellroy

Published by Random House, 2025-12-02

<b>The third novel in The L.A. Quartet. <i>L.A. Confidential </i>is one of the most beloved and influential crime novels ever written.</b><br><br>“Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of James Ellroy’s way with noir.” —<i>Detroit News</i><br><br><br>Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals.<br><br>Six prisoners are beaten senseless in their cells by cops crazed on alcohol. Three LAPD detectives get involved: Ed Exley wants to eclipse his policeman father’s success. Bud White watched his own mother’s murder—and is now a time bomb with a badge. Jack Vincennes shakes down movie stars for a scandal magazine.<br><br>These events will expose the guilty secrets on which they have built their corrupt and violent careers. The three men are caught in a deadly spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, and offers no mercy, grants no survivors.<br><br><i>L.A. Confidential</i> is one of the most beloved and influential crime novels ever written.<br><br><br>“Faster than a stray bullet. . . . Ellroy spares no sensibilities.” —<i>Los Angeles Times</i>