A brilliant first novel.
Joseph Schneider's contemporary writing evokes some of Hollywood's most classic crime stories, from Chinatown to LA Confidential .
--Dick Wolf, creator of Law & Order Detective Tully Jarsdel may not be a typical LAPD cop--but he's the only one who can solve this case A body so badly burned that it could be mistaken for a movie prop.
except for the smell.
That's not something the LAPD finds.