false 13 2 1 true 5745170 read 1 true 3463432 currently-reading 0 true 3463431 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34108777 to: White Jazz (Paperback) by James Ellroy
White Jazz is the fourth installment of Ellroy's "L.A. Quartet", and serves as the sequel to L.A. Confidential. Ellroy fans can expect more of the author's trademarks: pithy dialogue, period color, shocking bursts of violence, and enough plot twists to leave one's head spinning. Ellroy's books are tales of bad cops doing bad things in the name of the law, so if you haven't read him before, be prepared for a sordid picture of corruption and violence. I'm an Ellroy addict, so I can't pretend to have any objectivity whatsoever. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33886951 to: Wicked City (Hardcover) by Ace Atkins
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This is a fictional retelling of an Alabama political assassination in 1954. The murder spurred the cleanup of Phenix City Alabama, a vice-ridden cesspool of drugs, gambling, prostitution, which carries some personal resonance with me since Phenix City is across the river from my new home, Columbus Georgia. ]]>