FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY KNOWS

'Jordan Harper has mastered articulating the Day-Glo Technicolor nightmare that is postmodern Los Angeles' S. A. COSBY
'Hyperspeed, lush, and deadly, it lives up to the title' SARA GRAN
'Sun-flecked, blood-drenched, night-saturated' MEG GARDINER
'It's not for the faint-hearted but it's one hell of a journey' BBC, 'Books you need to read in 2026'

This place is a crime that can't be solved. And that's why we love it.

LA is a brutal, burning city. It is America with nowhere to run. Each night Jake Deal captures it on a livestream to his blood-hungry subscribers. Above board, Doug Gibson is a street lawyer trying to fix the system one case at a time. Underground, Kara Delgado is working for a private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich.

When Kara's best friend Phoebe goes missing, she soon finds herself in the worlds of both Jake and Doug. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime?

Readers loved A Violent Masterpiece:
'Wow! A contemporary noir masterpiece. Adrenaline-filled pacing that cranks up and up and up and never stops'
'Gritty, emotional, and intense . . . I'm a fan!'
'Timely and hard-hitting. This one's not just a violent masterpiece, it's a searing f***ing indictment'
'Harper makes brutality sing'
'PURE EXCELLENCE. the author is truly firing on all cylinders- this book is angry, incisive, and unrelenting'
'The language? It defies description. The reader is boiled in oil and lightning-struck, all at the same time. I've never read anything like it'

For some people there are no rules, only prices - James Ellroy meets Michael Connolly in a gripping, must-read thriller about the City of Angels' corrupt heart.

About the Author
Jordan Harper has spent over a decade in Hollywood, as a writer for shows such as FOX's Gotham and CBS's The Mentalist. He is the Edgar-Award winning author of She Rides Shotgun (published in the UK as A Lesson in Violence), Love and Other Wounds and, most recently, Everybody Knows, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571394647
Author Jordan Harper
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber