City of Angels book - Flame Tree Publishing

It's the year 1924. Sam Lacy, a tough homicide detective, follows his own code of conduct in the racist and corrupt Los Angeles police department. Sam's beautiful ex-girlfriend has been murdered, and a sadistic predator is attacking 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 stand in his way.

Sam navigates the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles with the help of an unusual trio: Sam's partner, Lonnie, a handsome detective whose carefree demeanor hides a troubled past outside the law; Sam's friend, Edward Bixby, a brilliant man whose crucial forensic work is done off the books because the LAPD would never hire a black man to investigate a murder; and Susan, Sam's sister and moral compass, a war widow and mother who follows leads on her own. The action unfolds in the cinematic capital of the world, a city that draws in wide-eyed innocents and cold-hearted killers; the City of Angels.

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